One b/w negative of Johnnie Williams dressed in Eastern Stars regalia inside building with American flag on left. A woman is seen behind him standing at piano or desk.
Client name: Williams, Johnny (sic). The correct spelling is Johnnie. Original Baynard index card reads “Jan-22-79 / 12610 / Johnny Williams, / Eastern Stars, / Logan Avenue, / Phone XXX-XXXX”
*According to additional information provided by the community on 3/1/2011: The woman in the background is Geraldine Campbell.
**According to additional information provided by the community on 3/2011: The man is Johnnie Williams who became one of the earliest African-American police detectives in San Diego.
***According to additional information provided by the community on 3/2011: Johnnie Williams attended Memorial Junior High. It was Bert Ritchey who was the 1st African American detective in San Diego. Johnnie Williams passed away in 2010 but his wife, Ivy, still owns a clothes cleaners on the corner of 26th and Imperial.
****Additional information from the community on 3/2011: Bert Ritchey was the first African-American Police Detective in San Diego.
