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Interview with Leona and Garfield Lee

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Title
Interview with Leona and Garfield Lee
Collection Guide
Guide to the Black History Collection, 1984-1999
Date Created
1984
Description
This interview with Leona and Garfield Lee. Garfield Lee and Leona Jackson married on January 23rd, 1913. Garfield served as a valet butler for 47 years. Mrs. Leona Lee was the first African American ever hired as a manicurist to work on white customers.Additional Descriptive Notes: Pasadena Black History #25
Creators and Contributors
Creator: Pasadena Museum of History
Performer: Pasadena Museum of History
Interviewee: Lee, Garfield
Interviewee: Lee, Leona
Copyright holder: Pasadena Museum of History
Subject Topic
African Americans--California--Los Angeles
Genre
Oral histories
Place(s)
Pasadena (Calif.)
Language
English

Media type
Moving Image
Format
U-matic
Extent
1 Tape
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Copyright date
August 25th, 1984
Source Institution
Pasadena Museum of History
Call Number
BH-BC-3
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cphi_000016
Additional Technical Notes for item
Pasadena Museum of History also sent a VHS and an audio cassette that may overlap with the 3/4". Asked George Blood to confirm and treat the 3/4" tape as master source material.