Image / Children of William E. Towns and Alice Towns, San Francisco, circa 1878

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Title: Children of William E. Towns and Alice Towns, San Francisco, circa 1878
Alternative Title: William E. Towns and family, San Francisco Bay Area
Contributor: Vaughan photographers (San Francisco, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1878]
1878
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 of the children of William E. Towns and his first wife, Alice Rochford Towns (left to right): Wallace, Ben, Nellie (Alice), and James Henry (who went by Henry). Alice Towns died in 1883.
Written on back of photo: Vaughan photographers, 18 Third St. S. F. Secured from James Abajian.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b04_f22_006a.tif
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Subject: African American children
Towns, Alice, 1874 or 75-1889
Towns, Wallace, 1870-1959
Towns, Benjamin, 1877-1959
Towns, James Henry, 1873-1940
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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