Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s.
Item Overview
- Title
- Yvonne Shelton and Katherine Alexander, Los Angeles, 1940s.
- Date Created
- [1940s]
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Notes
- Summary
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Katherine "Kat" Alexander (née Catherine Porter) started out as a secretary for Walter L. Gordon, Jr. She and sister Yvonne Shelton became bail bonds agents. Together they ran the Shelton Bail Bonds Co., and were the first black women licensed to do so in California. Katherine was also an avid bowler. She passed away in 2000 at age 80.
Yvonne Shelton was a secretary who worked for Walter L. Gordon, Jr. for a number of years. She and sister Katherine Alexandern became bail bonds agents. Together they ran the Shelton Bail Bonds Co., and were the first black women licensed to do so in California. - Description
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All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Yvonne Shelton with older sister Katherine Alexander.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
Keywords
- Genre
- Black-and-white photographs
- Names
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Shelton, Yvonne, 1934-2001
Alexander, Katherine, 1921 or 22-2000 - Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- People
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Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
African American bail bond agents--California--Los Angeles
African American women--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
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Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 1
016
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0016 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0025p1fb
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted