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House owned by the Owens family, First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, 1870

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Title: House owned by the Owens family, First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, 1870
Alternative Title: Biddy Mason on Robert Owen's porch with daughter and friends
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1870]
1870
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Exterior view of the house of Robert Owens, Sr., with a fence on the left and a picket fence in front with a woman seated on the porch. Seen from the unpaved street.
Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She and her family lived with Robert Owens, Sr., when she first moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter Ellen married Robert Owen's son Charles.
Written on back of photo: Biddy Mason's home - Spring St. 1870
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b03_f02_006a.tif
ark:/21198/z1r79z8q
Subject: Dwellings
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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