Buggy with an African American driver, Santa Barbara, 1880-1900

Item Overview

Title

Buggy with an African American driver, Santa Barbara, 1880-1900

Alternative title

Later Los Angeles Street Scenes

Date Created

[1880-1900]

Date

1880/1900

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

African American coachman wearing a tall hat in the driver's seat of a transport buggy hitched to two horses, with a woman passenger seated behind him. A white man, woman and two children stand on the right, with a well-dressed African American woman seated in front of them. The scene is on a narrow, brick-paved lane between two buildings. The building on the right looks like a coach house.

Caption

Written on back of photo: Santa Barbara - Transportation #6. Two wheeled buggy with negro driver. A well dressed negro woman is seated on the right in this photo in front of a house. N-000-460 8 x 10. Stamp: This photograph is furnished on condition that whenever it is used credit will be given to the Security Pacific Bank Photograph Collection/Los Angeles Public Library.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Subject Geographic

Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Horses
Coach drivers