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Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of Josephine Lacy sitting on the front porch steps of her family's home on West Ninth Street. Josephine Lacy is viewed close-up as she sits at center on the rail lining the front porch steps. She looks to the camera and folds her hands in her lap. The stairs beneath her stretch up and to the left. Behind Josephine, the porch's decorative railing stands elevated from the ground. The porch extends back and to the left where it exits the frame. A neighboring house stands to the right of the Lacy's residence. It is viewed from the side and occupies the background.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: [circa 1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Josephine Allensworth wearing a gold watch pinned to her elaborate dress, wife of Colonel Allen Allensworth.
Date:: [circa 1880]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: After his retirement from the military in 1906, Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town of Allensworth in 1908, with the idea that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth. It had a school system by 1910. With the death of Colonel Allensworth in 1914, the town experienced extreme losses, coupled with severe drought and decreased crop yields. Many residents left the area following World War I. The town was memorialized as a state park in 1974, and hosts events annually to preserve its history.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Josephine Allensworth, wife of Colonel Allen Allensworth.
Date:: [circa 1870]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Portrait of newspaper publishers Josephus Daniels (standing) and Norman Mack.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Studio portrait of Joseph Blackburn Bass as a boy with his mother, Susan Bass.
Date:: [1870-1880]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Downing's Gallery (Topeka, Kan.)
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Related to "Federal Legal Battery Prepares Case," Los Angeles Times, 06 Nov 1934: A1.
Date:: [November 5, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Portrait photographer of Jose E. Campos. He is seated facing forward, looking off camera. Campos was a Mexican newspaper publisher, founding La Prensa and Excelsior.
Date:: April 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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