Chugging Along the Bowery collection-new-york When Owens died at age

When Owens died at age 66 in 1980

" announced in February 1937 her plans to circle the globe solo

was one of many dignitaries on hand to witness the signing and to hear President Johnson call on all Americans to help "eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in America

with headlines like "Jollity Reigns Supreme

Chugging Along the Bowery collection-new-york When Owens died at ageNorth view of the Bowery, framed by the Third Avenue Elevated tracks. Visible on the left are the Gaiety Theatre and an advertisement for Casperfield Cleveland Diamonds & Watches. On the streets, horse drawn carriages and trolleys are used for transportation. The Bowery was "the boulevard of the Lower East Side, the city's Cosmopolis," The Times declared. The street ran through "an area of gaunt tenements," harboring the kind of social misery that