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Partial view of Los Angeles in the area of San Pedro St., from an elevation, 1869

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Title: Partial view of Los Angeles in the area of San Pedro St., from an elevation, 1869
Alternative Title: Owens family properties
Date Created and/or Issued: May 13, 1869
1869-05-13
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
A note on the back of the photo "Owens property, San Pedro St., home & business" indicates that the home and livery business of Robert Owens, Sr., is visible in the photograph.
Written on back of photo: Courtesy L. A. County Natural History Museum
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b03_f07_006a.tif
ark:/21198/z1835901
Subject: Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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