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Title
Ruth Bork (?), Belle Johnson, Helena Johnson and Ione Murrels, Sacramento, circa 1895
Alternative Title
Danley family, original small photos
Contributor
Hodson, Burton M. (Burton Mark), 1875-1949
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1895]
1895
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
These young women lived in Sacramento (with the possible exception of Ruth). Belle and Helena were sisters.
Studio portrait of four young women (order of images unknown): Ruth Bork (?), Belle Johnson, Helena Johnson, and Ione Murrels.
Burton M. Hodson had a studio in Sacramento at 813 K Street in 1902 and later on 9th Street between J and K Streets. His father, John R. Hodson, was also a photographer working in Sacramento and San Francisco.
Written on back of photo: Ruth Bork [?], Belle Johnson, Lena Johnson, Ione Murrels / 432-17530 Buck[...] 2643-1 15th St NW, Wash. D C. On photo mat: Hodson's Ideal Panel / Burton M. Houston, 813 K St., Sacramento, Cal.
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b08_f03_005a.tif
ark:/21198/z1sf4d8k
Subject
African American women
Harper, Helena Theresa Johnson, 1877-1927
Butler, Belle Johnson, b. 1879
Francis, Ione I. Murrels, 1871 or 2-1971
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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