This house joines [sic] the Old Bell home, S.W. cor. Bush & Octavia Sts. & is a part of the same on the south side, where the Old Colored Woman, Mama Pleasance [Mary Ellen Pleasant], held sway for years. J.B. Cook in front.

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Title:

This house joines [sic] the Old Bell home, S.W. cor. Bush & Octavia Sts. & is a part of the same on the south side, where the Old Colored Woman, Mama Pleasance [Mary Ellen Pleasant], held sway for years. J.B. Cook in front.

Date:

Jan. 1925

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library