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Title
Buggy with an African American driver, Santa Barbara, 1880-1900
Alternative Title
Later Los Angeles Street Scenes
Date Created and/or Issued
[1880-1900]
1880/1900
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
African American coachman wearing a tall hat in the driver's seat of a transport buggy hitched to two horses, with a woman passenger seated behind him. A white man, woman and two children stand on the right, with a well-dressed African American woman seated in front of them. The scene is on a narrow, brick-paved lane between two buildings. The building on the right looks like a coach house.
Written on back of photo: Santa Barbara - Transportation #6. Two wheeled buggy with negro driver. A well dressed negro woman is seated on the right in this photo in front of a house. N-000-460 8 x 10. Stamp: This photograph is furnished on condition that whenever it is used credit will be given to the Security Pacific Bank Photograph Collection/Los Angeles Public Library.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b17_f04_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z1mw418z
Subject
Horses
Coach drivers
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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