Biddy Mason and others at the house of Robert Owens, Sr., First and Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, circa 1870
Item Overview
- Title
- Biddy Mason and others 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
- Date Created
- [circa 1870]
- Date
- 1870
- Collection
-
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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Biddy Mason (center, left with white collar), her daughter Ellen Mason Owens (1st from right), and others 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.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- photographs
- Names
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Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
Huddleston, Ellen Mason Owens, 1838-1921 - Subject Geographic
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Longitude
- 34.051534
- Latitude
- -118.242412
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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African American pioneers
Buildings and Ranchos, 1784-1888
Dwellings