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

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]
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: 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.
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.
Caption: Written on back of photo: Biddy Mason's home (First and Los Angeles Streets). Biddy Mason sitting to the left in the center (wearing white collar on her dress), Ellen Mason Owens first from the right.