Inscribed snapshot, 3 x 5 in., showing an outdoor scene from Val Verde, California, 1924. Three African American women and one man pose before an automobile, with a wind turbine in the background. Inscription on verso identifies subjects as "Walter B. Williams," "Mrs. Raymond Turner " "Mrs. Alfred Bryant," and "Mrs. Walter B. Williams." Additional text notes that the photograph was taken "in the Canyon a few miles from Eureka Villa / The Negro Country Club." Eureka Villa was established in 1924 as a resort community for African Americans in the Santa Clarita Valley. The effort was led and largely financed by Sidney P. Dones (1888-1947), an actor and real estate developer. Eureka Villa featured tennis courts, baseball fields, hiking trails, restaurants, stables, shops, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a bathhouse, and a golf course, all of which enticed buyers from across the country to purchase lots and build vacation homes. Known later as "The Black Palm Springs," the community also hosted notable African American celebrities including Hattie McDaniel, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and James Earl Jones, Sr. Condition: Light toning with scattered spotting. Handstamp and contemporary pencil inscription also present on verso.
Inscribed snapshot, 3 x 5 in., showing an outdoor scene from Val Verde, California, 1924. Three African American women and one man pose before an automobile, with a wind turbine in the background. Inscription on verso identifies subjects as "Walter B. Williams," "Mrs. Raymond Turner " "Mrs. Alfred Bryant," and "Mrs. Walter B. Williams." Additional text notes that the photograph was taken "in the Canyon a few miles from Eureka Villa / The Negro Country Club." Eureka Villa was established in 1924 as a resort community for African Americans in the Santa Clarita Valley. The effort was led and largely financed by Sidney P. Dones (1888-1947), an actor and real estate developer. Eureka Villa featured tennis courts, baseball fields, hiking trails, restaurants, stables, shops, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a bathhouse, and a golf course, all of which enticed buyers from across the country to purchase lots and build vacation homes. Known later as "The Black Palm Springs," the community also hosted notable African American celebrities including Hattie McDaniel, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and James Earl Jones, Sr. Condition: Light toning with scattered spotting. Handstamp and contemporary pencil inscription also present on verso.
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