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Drawing of Manuel Camero, one of the founders of Los Angeles in 1781, by Sam Patrick, circa 1969

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Title: Drawing of Manuel Camero, one of the founders of Los Angeles in 1781, by Sam Patrick, circa 1969
Alternative Title: Manuel Camero, founder of Los Angeles, of African descent, and one of first city councilmen.
Contributor: Patrick, Samuel James, 1901-1987
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1969]
1969
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Manuel Camero was from el Real del Rosario, Sinaloa. He enlisted as a soldier at the age of 30 in 1780 and served as Los Angeles Regidor (city councilman) after arriving in 1781, he died in 1819.
Samuel James Patrick began his art studies in Philadelphia. By 1925 he had moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute. He was then a staff artist at the Los Angeles Times for over 40 years. He provided the illustrations for the book "They Had a Dream" (1970) by George Reasons.
Print of a drawing by Sam Patrick representing Manuel Camero. He is shown wearing a shirt and a headband.
Photo label: Manuel Camero a mulatto, one of the founders of Los Angeles and one of its first City Councilmen / Drawing by Samuel Patrick, former L.A. Times staff artist.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f02_001a.tif
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Subject: Colonists
Soldiers
Camero, Manuel, circa 1740-1819
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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