Image / William Towns, Oakland, circa 1867

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Title: William Towns, Oakland, circa 1867
Alternative Title: William E. Towns and family, San Francisco Bay Area
Contributor: Early California, 1781-1920
Date Created and/or Issued: 1867
[circa 1867]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: William E. Towns was an agent for San Francisco Elevator and treasurer of the Brannan Guards, a black military society.
Studio portrait of William E. Towns, standing with his hat and hand on a balustrade.
Written on back of photo: Credit California Historical Society, San Francisco, neg. #12789. Secured from James Abajian.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b04_f22_002a.tif
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Subject: African American pioneers
Towns, William E., b. 1842
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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