91:18476-113
91:18476-113
NB1039
One b/w negative of man in suit standing outdoors on a road next to automobile. The license plate reads 3W2408 and the car registration date is 1948.
Original Baynard index card reads: "5-30-48 / Gentry / No. 1039 / XXXX Ocean View Blvd. / 5-8x10 Poses / PAID" City directory, year 1948, shows entry for: "Gentry / Elijah J (Grace) shoe shiner XXX X X XXXX / Ocean View blvd"
According to additional information provided by the community on 4/2011: This image is taken on Ocean View Blvd. looking east from about 33rd Street. 35th Street is at the top of the hill in the background.
05/30/1948
USA/California/San Diego County
Gelatin Silver Negative
2011
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Photo Identification
The man standing next to the automobile is Elijah J. Gentry (born June 15, 1877 and died December 28, 1968), a shoe shiner who was active in the local chapter of the NAACP, serving as its president in 1924 and perhaps earlier (may have been the chapter's founding president in 1919).
Elijah J. Gentry
Elijah J. Gentry (born 1877, died 1968) - Although he was NAACP branch president in 1924, I recently discovered he was not the first or founding president of the branch. Robert Fikes Jr., LibrarianSan Diego State University