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Title
Manila Owens as a young woman, circa 1920
Alternative Title
Gladys Owens Smith and Manila Owens (daughters of Robert Curry Owens)
Contributor
Early California, 1781-1920
Date Created and/or Issued
1920
[circa 1920]
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Manila and Gladys Owens were the great-granddaughters of Biddy Mason and Robert Owens, early African American pioneers and Los Angeles landowner (daughters of Robert Curry Owens and Anna Dugged Owens).
Profile studio portrait of Manilla Owens as a young woman (or possibly her sister, Gladys).
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b02_f04_007.tif
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Subject
Owens, Manilla Louise, 1898-1930
Smith, Gladys Mason Owens, 1895-1995
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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