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Title
Flowers family portrait, Portland, circa 1902
Alternative Title
Allen E. Flowers and family
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1902]
1902
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 portrait of Allen E. Flowers and Louisa Flowers with their sons Loyd, Ralph, Elmer and Ervin.
Allen E. Flowers owned a farm in Oregon. He was listed as a divorced church sexton in 1880. Louisa Flowers was from Massachusetts. Her father was from Massachusetts and her mother was from Puerto Rico.
Written on back of photo: Mr. & Mrs. Allen E. Flowers and family, Portland, Oregon, lived for a time in California.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b08_f15_001a.tif
ark:/21198/z1pc4kgq
Subject
African American farmers
African American families
Flowers, Elmer Allen, 1888-1968
Flowers, Ralph Perpeno, 1887-1961
Flowers, Louisa Matilda Thacker, 1849-1928
Flowers, Allen E. (Allen Ervin), 1847-1934
Flowers, Loyd Alonzo, 1884-1951
Flowers, Ervin M., b. 1891
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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