Juan Francisco Reyes, was a mulatto settler from Mexico who arrived shortly after the original settlers of 1781. In 1784, he received the Spanish Crown’s land-grant for Rancho Los Encinos. After selling it back, he received the land grant for Lompoc. He became the first alcalde (mayor) of the Los Angeles pueblo in 1790.
African American children and youths working on various projects at tables in a room as participants in a work program of the National Youth Administration.
Worker standing on a wagon pulled by a mule team on a farm. This might be the farm of Wiley Hinds in the area of Kaweah and Mineral King vicinity in Tulare County.