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Title
Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, San Francisco, circa 1900
Alternative Title
Homes of Allensworth family in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1900]
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
San Francisco residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth and Mrs. Allensworth, with the Colonel standing on the porch.
Allen Allensworth was born into slavery in Kentucky, served as a Union soldier, became a Baptist minister and educator, and was the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel. He founded numerous churches, and in 1908 founded Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, now a State Historic Monument. (Wikipedia)
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b05_f03_004.tif
ark:/21198/z11v6z14
Subject
Dwellings
Allensworth, Allen, 1842-1914
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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