Image / Belles of The Gay Nineties, by John Fowler, Los Angeles, 1890-1900

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Title: Belles of The Gay Nineties, by John Fowler, Los Angeles, 1890-1900
Alternative Title: Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals
Date Created and/or Issued: 1890/1900
[1890-1900]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portraits of sixteen African American women taken in the 1890s. From a California Eagle column called "Spreading Joy" written by John Fowler. All the young women are well dressed wearing ornate hats, or elaborate hair styles.
Written on back of photo: Belles of the gay nineties, daughters of L.A.'s early settlers from John Fowler's "Spreading Joy"
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b16_f03_001a.tif
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Subject: African American women
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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