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Title: Residence of Colonel Allen Allensworth, Los Angeles, 1962
Alternative Title: Homes of Allensworth family in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: 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)
Written on back of photo: Los Angeles home of Colonel and Mrs. Allen Allensworth, converted into a duplex - 1962 photo taken by Miriam Matthews. It was razed later when area surrounding U.S.C. was re-developed.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b05_f03_003a.tif
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Subject: Dwellings
Allensworth, Allen, 1842-1914
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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