Officers Kenneth Davis and Red Harris, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Officers Kenneth Davis and Red Harris, 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

Kenneth Harris was a well known police officer and athlete on the east side of Los Angeles. Harris and Red Davis attended Wadsworth Elementary school together, and remained friends; as adults they were partners on the police force for many years.
Red (Tom or Tommy) Davis was a well known police officer and athlete on the east side of Los Angeles. Davis was a champion baseball and basketball player at Jefferson, and also played in the Negro leagues during the Depression; later he was the police handball champion 12 times over. Davis and Kenneth (Kenny) Harris attended Wadsworth Elementary school together, and remained friends; as adults they were partners on the police force for many years.//Police officer Tommy "Red" Davis was white, but known to get along with African Americans.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Harris, Kenneth
Davis, Red, b. 14 or 15

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Legal

African American police--California--Los Angeles