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Description
Order Number
00061430
Title
Allen
Allensworth
residence
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Residences-Allensworth
,
Allen
;
A-001-511
4x5
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
Historical Data
On
April
7
,
1906
,
after
twenty
years
of
military
service
,
Col
.
Allensworth
(1842-1914)
was
promoted
to the
rank
of
lieutenant
colonel
making
him the
first
black
officer
to
receive
this
rank
.
After
his
retirement
in
1908
,
Allensworth
and
four
other
black
men
formed
the
all-black
town
of
Allensworth
,
California
.
Six
years
later
,
Allensworth
was
crossing
a
Monrovia
street
when
he was
struck
by a
motorcycle
and
killed
.
Description
Exterior
view
of a
two-story
Foursquare
house
belonging
to
Col
. and
Mrs
.
Allen
Allensworth
,
located
at
820
W
.
30th
Street
in
South
Los
Angeles
. This
home
has
since
been
demolished
.
Subject
Allensworth, Allen,--1842-1914--Homes and haunts.
Dwellings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles).
Lost architecture--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles).
South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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