Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tibbs, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., James Garcia and Floyd Snelson at a fashion show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tibbs, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., James Garcia and Floyd Snelson at a fashion show, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Leonard Tibbs had been Walter Gordon's friend and schoolmate at Ohio State.
Floyd Snelson was a newspaper man.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
James "Buddie" Garcia was a senior law clerk in the law office of attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. before he graduated from Southwestern Law School and opened his own practice.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Leonard Tibbs, Floyd Snelson, Mrs. Tibbs, and attorneys Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and James (Buddy) Garcia. According to the caption, this was taken at a fashion show.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012
Tibbs, Leonard
Tibbs, Leonard, Mrs.
Snelson, Floyd
Garcia, James L. (James Leon), 1908-1982

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Culture

African American soldiers--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Hispanic American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American journalists--California--Los Angeles