The Old Bell home, S.W. cor. Bush & Octavia Sts. In which the Old Colored Woman, Mama Pleasance [Mary Ellen Pleasant], held sway for years. House built about 1870. J.B. Cook at the corner.

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Title:

The Old Bell home, S.W. cor. Bush & Octavia Sts. In which the Old Colored Woman, Mama Pleasance [Mary Ellen Pleasant], held sway for years. House built about 1870. J.B. Cook at the corner.

Date:

Jan. 1925

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library