Dr. Roscoe Fred Whiteman was physician. A member of the American Legion, a post was named after him. The tour group stands in a parking area in front of a rock face. Titus Alexander was a historian and civic leader, politician and historian in Los Angeles. Written on back of photo: Titus Alexander acting as tour guide at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam for a party of prominent Los Angeles citizens. From left: (1) Titus Alexander, (2) ?, (3) L. G. Robinson [founder Los Angeles Funeral Home], (4) Dr. Chas. Jackson [medical doctor], (5 & 6) ?, (7) Paul R. Williams [architect], (8) Dr. Fred Whiteman [medical doctor], (9 & 10) ?, (11) Willis O. Tyler [attorney], (12) J. Blackburn Bass (?) [newspaper reporter, editor and owner], (13) J. H. Shackleford [businessman], William Nickerson, Jr., [founder of Golden State Mutual Life].
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African American civic leaders Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Whiteman, Fred R. (Frederick Roscoe), 1893-1953 Nickerson, William, Jr., 1879-1945 Bass, J. B. (Joseph Blackburn), 1867-1934 Alexander, Titus N. (Titus Nathaniel), 1870-1952 Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980 Tyler, Willis O. (Willis Oliver), 1880-1949 Jackson, Charles A., b. 1880 Taylor, Jackson L. (Jackson Lee), 1884-1970 Robinson, L. G. (Louis George), 1876-1959 Shackelford, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1972
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