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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)
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1920]
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
Profile studio portrait of Manilla Owens as a young woman (or possibly her sister, Gladys).
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).
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b02_f04_007.tif
ark:/21198/z16h61d0
Subject
Smith, Gladys Mason Owens, 1895-1995
Owens, Manilla Louise, 1898-1930
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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