Photographs of Edwin Jefferson and Mattie Pearl Hawkins at Venice Beach [?], California, mid 1920's.

Two photographs. The first photograph is of African-American Edwin Jefferson in a bathing suit under a large beach umbrella, laying on a towel possibly at Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1920's. In the right of the picture is the ocean. A building is visible in the distant background. The second photograph is of African-American Mattie Pearl Hawkins in the same locale. She is wearing a white dress. Many buildings are visible to the right and in the background.

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