Biddy Mason, an early African American pioneer and Los Angeles landowner, Los Angeles, 1860-1870
Item Overview
- Title
- Biddy Mason, an early African American pioneer and Los Angeles landowner, Los Angeles, 1860-1870
- Alternative title
- Portraits of Biddy Mason
- Date Created
- [1860-1870]
- Date
- 1860/1870
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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Studio portrait of Biddy Mason.
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 became a successful nurse and midwife, and gained a small fortune through real estate investments. She donated generously to charities and was instrumental in the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- Portrait photographs
- Names
- Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
- Subject Geographic
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- African American pioneers