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?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Floyd Snelson was a newspaper man.
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.
Walter L. Gordon, Jr. was an African American attorney in Los Angeles.
Leonard Tibbs had been Walter Gordon's friend and schoolmate at Ohio State.

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

Subjects

People
Culture

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

Names

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

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image