Manila Owens as a young woman, circa 1920

Item Overview

Title

Manila Owens as a young woman, circa 1920

Alternative title

Gladys Owens Smith and Manila Owens (daughters of Robert Curry Owens)

Date Created

[circa 1920]

Date

1920

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Profile studio portrait of Manilla Owens as a young woman (or possibly her sister, Gladys).
Manila and Gladys Owens were the great-granddaughters of Biddy Mason and Robert Owens, early African American pioneers and Los Angeles landowner (daughters of Robert Curry Owens and Anna Dugged Owens).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Smith, Gladys Mason Owens, 1895-1995
Owens, Manilla Louise, 1898-1930

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image