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Prince family group portrait

ID#: pmh_BH-L-46-1

TITLE: Prince Family group portrait

DATE: 19--

NOTES: Brothers Frank and William Prince migrated to Pasadena from Tennessee in 1886 and were one of the first African-American families to establish residency in the city. William, along with Joseph Homes, who in 1883 became the first African-American resident in unincorporated Pasadena, were among the group who in 1887 founded First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first African-American church established in Pasadena. In the photo are:

(Bottom row, left to right) - Comment (mother), Frank (father);

(Top row, left to right) - Obie, Sarah, Clifford, Preston

 

SOURCE: Black History Collection

 

REPOSITORY: Pasadena Museum of History

 

RIGHTS: All rights reserved.

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