Family of Willis K. Duffy, Santa Ana, circa 1940

Item Overview

Title

Family of Willis K. Duffy, Santa Ana, circa 1940

Alternative title

Willis Duffy and family

Date Created

[circa 1940]

Date

1940

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Group portrait of Willis K. Duffy, his wife Minnie and his children (left to right): Willis K., Jerome C. and Constance.
Willis K. Duffy, Sr., was the first African American to purchase a home in Santa Ana. Willis K. Duffy, Jr., became a dentist, was a Tuskegee Airman, and was very active in civic organizations including the NAACP, the Mid-City Chamber of Commerce and the LAPD Historical Society. He attended UCLA and Howard University.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Duffy, Minnie, 1884-1976
Duffy, Willis K., 1927-2003
Duffy, Willis K. (Willis Kiel), 1875-1951
Duffy, Jerome C., 1921-1998
Farlice, Constance Duffy, 1922-2016

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American civic leaders
African American civil rights workers
African American dentists