Cleoda Davis (right) and Another Man at Semet-Solvay Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1940-1949

Cleoda Davis (1899-1964) was born in North Carolina in 1899. He came north during World War I and found work at the Great Lakes Engineering Works, a large shipbuilding company in River Rouge, Michigan, south of Detroit. Later, Davis worked as a pipe fitter for Semet-Solvay, a Detroit chemical company. This image shows him [right] and an unidentified co-worker at Semet-Solvay.