George and Camille Cannady, Los Angeles, 1940s

Summary: George Cannady started out as a firefighter, at a time when African American firefighters were rare. Later he went into the real estate business, and later still he became a lawyer. He died in 1968.
Camille Cannady, the wife of George Cannady, acted in local theater and wrote an occasional column for the Sentinel called "About people and things."
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Names: Cannady, George E., 1913-1968
Cannady, Camille, 1916-2009
Location: California--Los Angeles
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People; African American real estate agents--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American fire fighters--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Local Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0526
526
Collection 1867 Box 3 Folder 5
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025pmb0
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