Image / Elizabeth Scott (Clark) Towns, second wife of William E. Towns, circa 1885-1900

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Title: Elizabeth Scott (Clark) Towns, second wife of William E. Towns, circa 1885-1900
Alternative Title: William E. Towns and family, San Francisco Bay Area
Contributor: B. M. Howland & Co. (Oakland, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1885- 1900]
1885/1900
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of Elizabeth Scott Towns.
Elizabeth Towns was married to William E. Towns in 1898. William E. Towns was an agent for San Francisco Elevator and treasurer of the Brannan Guards, a black military society.
Written on back of photo: Mrs. Elizabeth Scott (Clark) Towns was the wife of William E. Towns. Her first husband, Richard Clark, died in an explosion of the Julia at Vallejo. Credit Bancroft Library
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b04_f22_003a.tif
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Subject: African American pioneers
Towns, Elizabeth Scott, 1854-1920
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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