George Cannady(?) and Virgil Benson with two unidentified women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

George Cannady(?) and Virgil Benson with two unidentified women, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

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.
Virgil Benson was well-known socially, and was involved with finding people lodging and helping nursing homes fill vacancies.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
The gentleman on the left was identified as George Cannady by Mr. Gordon, but his identity is undetermined (name written on photo is Ivan(?) Cannady, maybe related to George Cannady). Virgil Benson is on the far right.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subjects

People

African American fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
African American real estate agents--California--Los Angeles
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles

Names

Benson, Virgil
Cannady, George E., 1913-1968

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image