American Legion Department Convention at the Civic Auditorium Convention Hall, San Francisco, 1946

Title: American Legion Department Convention at the Civic Auditorium Convention Hall, San Francisco, 1946
Alternative title: American Legion Department Convention
Date Created: August 31-September 3, 1946
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Ford M. White was a member of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
J. Rodney Smith was the publisher of The News.
Ben Lawrence was a veteran, a member of the American Legion, and a plastering contractor.
Photograph of nineteen African American members of the American Legion, wearing garrison caps and some wearing military jackets, seated in an auditorium during a convention in San Francisco.
Arthur R. McClanahan was a policeman, a bailiff and a member of the American Legion.
Fred Whiteman was a member of the American Legion and a post was named after him.
Caption: Written on back of photo: Visitor's Day, August 31, 1940, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif. Citizens Military Training Camp. From left: J. T. Green, Chas. H. Matthews, Norman O. Houston, Baxter S. Scruggs, Major Edward York, Major Milton T. Dean, Col. Louis A. Carter, Major Hal G. Franberry, Lieut. R. E. Gallagher, Lieut. Col. R. A. Dansmore and Wesley Russell.

Genre: photographs
: African American veterans
Congresses and conventions
Names: Whiteman, Fred R. (Frederick Roscoe), 1893-1953
Hubert, Jerome L. (Jerome Lewis), Sr., 1894-1989
Wyatt, De Soto, 1893-1952
Holmes, Leslie
White, Ford M. (Ford Marlin), 1898-1967
Smith, Paul
Williams, Dave
Fodison, James K., 1897-1971
Adams, George
Whitaker, Fred, b. 1894
McClanahan, Arthur R. (Arthur Rowe), 1889-1963
Smith, J. Rodney (James Rodney)
Moody, Augustus O., 1896-1952
Huntenn, Jess
American Legion. Department of California
Greene, Henry
Lawrence, Ben, b. 1890 or 91
Bryant, Romeo, 1892-1969
Subject Geographic: San Francisco (Calif.)
Resource type: still image