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Friends of Biddy Mason at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870

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Title: Friends of Biddy Mason at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870
Alternative Title: Biddy Mason on Robert Owen's porch with daughter and friends
Contributor: Early California, 1781-1920
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870
[circa 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: Friends of Biddy Mason behind a picket fence, on the front porch of the house of Robert Owens, Sr.
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 and friends on porch of Mr. & Mrs. Robt. Owens, Sr. residence at First and Los Angeles Sts. 1870.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b03_f02_005a.tif
ark:/21198/z1w10pw7
Subject: African American pioneers
Dwellings
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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