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Title
Ruth Waddy speaking into a microphone
Description
Ruth Waddy, an author and artist, speaking into a microphone at a conference in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American artists, African American women artists, Artists, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Public speaking, Stage photography]
Title
Ruth Waddy speaking into a microphone
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Ruth Waddy, an author and artist, speaking into a microphone at a conference in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American artists, African American women artists, Artists, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Public speaking, Stage photography]
Title
Musical performance with Troy Robinson conducting, outside
Description
Musical performance showing Troy Robinson conducting with the musicians out of frame to the right; a small audience watches; possibly in the courtyard of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance]
Title
Musical performance with Troy Robinson conducting, outside
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Musical performance showing Troy Robinson conducting with the musicians out of frame to the right; a small audience watches; possibly in the courtyard of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance]
Title
Dr. Carroll Green (l), Ruth Waddy (c) and Claude Booker (r)
Description
Dr. Carroll Green, art historian, Ruth Waddy, artist/author, and Claude Booker, President of the Black Arts Council at a conference at the Arena: 109 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, African American women educators, Arts administrators, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Educators, Public speaking, Stage photography]
Title
Dr. Carroll Green (l), Ruth Waddy (c) and Claude Booker (r)
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Dr. Carroll Green, art historian, Ruth Waddy, artist/author, and Claude Booker, President of the Black Arts Council at a conference at the Arena: 109 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1974
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, African American women educators, Arts administrators, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Educators, Public speaking, Stage photography]
Title
Saxophone player under parachute canopy
Description
Male saxophone player, shot from below showing the parachute canopy over the stage in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Saxophone]
Title
Saxophone player under parachute canopy
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Male saxophone player, shot from below showing the parachute canopy over the stage in the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Saxophone]
Title
CAA academy orchestra on a stage set.
Description
CAA orchestra performing on a stage set directed by Troy Robinson (back to audience); stage set is a living room; first row of audience; above and to the right of stage is visible; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
Title
CAA academy orchestra on a stage set.
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. CAA orchestra performing on a stage set directed by Troy Robinson (back to audience); stage set is a living room; first row of audience; above and to the right of stage is visible; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
Title
Hearse leading motorcycle funeral procession
Description
Funeral procession for motorcyclist; hearse; two choppers; three police motorcycle escorts; VFW Post 5394 sign with a ""7-up, the uncola"" advertisement;
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Automobiles, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hearses (Vehicles), Motorcycles, Police, Streets]
Title
Hearse leading motorcycle funeral procession
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Funeral procession for motorcyclist; hearse; two choppers; three police motorcycle escorts; VFW Post 5394 sign with a ""7-up, the uncola"" advertisement;
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Automobiles, Documentary photography, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Hearses (Vehicles), Motorcycles, Police, Streets]
Title
Troy Robinson with saxophone player in foreground
Description
Orchestra leader Troy Robinson framed by a saxophone player in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
Title
Troy Robinson with saxophone player in foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Orchestra leader Troy Robinson framed by a saxophone player in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
Title
Woman trombone player
Description
Black woman playing the trombone in front of other musicians; black and white background; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Brass instruments, Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Women musicians, Black]
Title
Woman trombone player
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Black woman playing the trombone in front of other musicians; black and white background; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Brass instruments, Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography, Women musicians, Black]
Title
Arena interior with tables and decorations
Description
Interior of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street filled with tables being decorated and set up for a meeting; hanging stars from ceiling; two large murals in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Table setting and decoration]
Title
Arena interior with tables and decorations
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Interior of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street filled with tables being decorated and set up for a meeting; hanging stars from ceiling; two large murals in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Table setting and decoration]
Title
Troy Robinson with shadow
Description
Troy Robinson leaning forward with shadow in front of two murals; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
Title
Troy Robinson with shadow
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Troy Robinson leaning forward with shadow in front of two murals; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
Title
Performance: three actors sitting in front of graffiti backdrop
Description
Three actors or dancers sitting on a stage against four spray painted graffiti panel backdrops; panels read ""god is the sun"" and ""fuck you""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Performance: three actors sitting in front of graffiti backdrop
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Three actors or dancers sitting on a stage against four spray painted graffiti panel backdrops; panels read ""god is the sun"" and ""fuck you""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance with two actors and audience member silhouettes in foreground
Description
Play performance, person opening the door to another person; table and chairs on the left side in front of small cupboard; backdrop shows walls with the door, a picture and a shade covered window; three audience members heads silhouetted in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance with two actors and audience member silhouettes in foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance, person opening the door to another person; table and chairs on the left side in front of small cupboard; backdrop shows walls with the door, a picture and a shade covered window; three audience members heads silhouetted in foreground; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance: woman holding a man in a bed
Description
Play performance; distraught woman cradling a man wearing socks in foreground; small cupboard and table and chair in right background; refrigerator in left background; backdrop is an interior wall with pattern on the bottom, plain on top with one picture on it; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance: woman holding a man in a bed
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance; distraught woman cradling a man wearing socks in foreground; small cupboard and table and chair in right background; refrigerator in left background; backdrop is an interior wall with pattern on the bottom, plain on top with one picture on it; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Ten dancers rehearsing
Description
Dance rehearsal with two male dancers each with a hand on the floor; eight others dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
Title
Ten dancers rehearsing
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Dance rehearsal with two male dancers each with a hand on the floor; eight others dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
Title
Play performance: man and woman talking to each other
Description
Play performance with a man and woman talking to each other; man, in profile, is dressed in boxer shorts and socks with his hands on his chest; woman is wearing a dress and carrying a purse; a bed is in the left foreground; a chair is behind the man against the wall backdrop which has wallpaper on the bottom half, an opening covered by a split curtain with two pictures on either side of the opening; a coat rack is in the right back corner; a portrait above a chair is on the right side of the setting; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance: man and woman talking to each other
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play performance with a man and woman talking to each other; man, in profile, is dressed in boxer shorts and socks with his hands on his chest; woman is wearing a dress and carrying a purse; a bed is in the left foreground; a chair is behind the man against the wall backdrop which has wallpaper on the bottom half, an opening covered by a split curtain with two pictures on either side of the opening; a coat rack is in the right back corner; a portrait above a chair is on the right side of the setting; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Performance with a man standing center stage and a woman in the background
Description
Performance with a male actor(or dancer) dressed in black standing barefoot center stage with hands clasped in front; small box at his feet; a chair is on the right, partially hidden by a wood panel in front, also a wooden panel at an angle above the chair; woman in black shorts and top is barefoot standing against the backdrop which is two panels covered in graffiti, one reading ""fuck fuck fuck""; collapsed bed on the right side floor; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Performance with a man standing center stage and a woman in the background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Performance with a male actor(or dancer) dressed in black standing barefoot center stage with hands clasped in front; small box at his feet; a chair is on the right, partially hidden by a wood panel in front, also a wooden panel at an angle above the chair; woman in black shorts and top is barefoot standing against the backdrop which is two panels covered in graffiti, one reading ""fuck fuck fuck""; collapsed bed on the right side floor; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance: two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti backdrop
Description
Performance with two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti paneled backdrop with a sheet bunched over their laps; chair in left foreground; panels read ""God is the sun"",""raphael"", ""fuck you"", ""pee wee""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Play performance: two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti backdrop
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Performance with two actors or dancers sitting against graffiti paneled backdrop with a sheet bunched over their laps; chair in left foreground; panels read ""God is the sun"",""raphael"", ""fuck you"", ""pee wee""; Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Graffiti, Stage photography, Theater]
Title
Nine seated people watching something
Description
A row of nine seated African American adults and teenagers, probably an audience facing left; artwork in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Audiences, Documentary photography]
Title
Nine seated people watching something
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A row of nine seated African American adults and teenagers, probably an audience facing left; artwork in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Audiences, Documentary photography]
Title
Musicians with bells and strings
Description
Two musicians, one playing sleigh bells and one with a padded drumstick playing a boxed stringed instrument
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Percussion instruments]
Title
Musicians with bells and strings
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Two musicians, one playing sleigh bells and one with a padded drumstick playing a boxed stringed instrument
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Percussion instruments]
Title
CAA orchestra on a stage with murals in the background
Description
CAA orchestra with Troy Robinson conducting showing the full stage with lighting and draped awning, shot from angled side view; large mural behind the orchestra and smaller mural to the left of the stage; partial view of piano or organ to the right of the stage.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
Title
CAA orchestra on a stage with murals in the background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. CAA orchestra with Troy Robinson conducting showing the full stage with lighting and draped awning, shot from angled side view; large mural behind the orchestra and smaller mural to the left of the stage; partial view of piano or organ to the right of the stage.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
Title
Ruth Emerson standing next to Troy Robinson singing with CAA orchestra in background
Description
Ruth Emerson with an afro, wearing a dress, singing into a mic; she is standing facing the audience next to Troy Robinson who has his back to the audience conducting the CAA orchestra, which is partially shown in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), African American women singers, Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Singers, Stage photography, Women singers]
Title
Ruth Emerson standing next to Troy Robinson singing with CAA orchestra in background
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Ruth Emerson with an afro, wearing a dress, singing into a mic; she is standing facing the audience next to Troy Robinson who has his back to the audience conducting the CAA orchestra, which is partially shown in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), African American women singers, Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Singers, Stage photography, Women singers]
Title
CAA band conducted by Troy Robinson with a KCET television camera in the foreground
Description
Shot from next to KCET camera showing the back of Troy Robinson conducting the CAA band which is on a stage with a draped awning covering and a large mural behind the band; Arena
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
Title
CAA band conducted by Troy Robinson with a KCET television camera in the foreground
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Shot from next to KCET camera showing the back of Troy Robinson conducting the CAA band which is on a stage with a draped awning covering and a large mural behind the band; Arena
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Public-access television, Stage photography, Art, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Conductors (Music), Concert television programs]
Title
Six dancers rehearsing
Description
Dance rehearsal with six women dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; one woman in a red dress sitting behind and to the left of the dancers; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
Title
Six dancers rehearsing
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Dance rehearsal with six women dancing standing up; Two female dancers wearing beret hats; one woman in a red dress sitting behind and to the left of the dancers; wall in background decorated with black figures on a mostly white background; Happening House: 102 East Indigo Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art and dance, Art centers, Dancers, Documentary photography]
Title
Woman in white talking to John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Unknown woman (left) in a white dress with an afro and wearing necklaces talking to John Outterbridge (center) and Troy Robinson (right); Outterbridge wearing a brown leather jacket, Troy Robinson wearing a white shirt and white pants; group standing in front of a large mural, probably inside of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography, Educators, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020]
Title
Woman in white talking to John Outterbridge and Troy Robinson
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Unknown woman (left) in a white dress with an afro and wearing necklaces talking to John Outterbridge (center) and Troy Robinson (right); Outterbridge wearing a brown leather jacket, Troy Robinson wearing a white shirt and white pants; group standing in front of a large mural, probably inside of the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American educators, Art, Artists, Arts administrators, Documentary photography, Educators, Mural painting and decoration, American, Outterbridge, John, 1933-2020]
Title
Conga Player
Description
Close up of African America male conga drum player with the hands of another musician in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Drum, Face, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
Title
Conga Player
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Close up of African America male conga drum player with the hands of another musician in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Drum, Face, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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