Robert James Boyd and a friend, 1890-1900

Item Overview

Title

Robert James Boyd and a friend, 1890-1900

Alternative title

Boyd family

Date Created

[1890-1900]

Date

1890/1900

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Studio portrait of James Robert Boyd (right) seated on a bent-wood garden bench in casual attire, with a friend seated on a bent-wood chair and holding a piece of paper with "horseman" written on it.
Robert James Boyd was born in North Carolina. He married Emma P. Barrett in Los Angeles and in 1910 they lived at 1242 El Molino (now 1242 Kenmore Ave.) in Los Angeles, next to 1244 El Molino, where Emma had lived with her family before she was married from as early as 1900. By 1917, he is reported as working in a barbershop in Riverside city directories from 1917 to 1947. According to Miriam Matthews, he owned the barbershop. Robert and Emma had four children: Barrett, Willis, Helen and Edward.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Boyd, Robert James, 1860-1952

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American businesspeople
African American barbers