Seth Lee, Elbridge Lee and Gladys Owens Spikes in front of the Basilica San Marco, Venice, Italy, circa 1927 Description: Gladys Owens was the great-granddaughter of Biddy Mason and Robert Owens, early African American pioneers and Los Angeles landowner (daughter of Robert Curry Owens and Anna Dugged Owens). Date: 1927 Resource Type: still image Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection OpenUCLA Collections