Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan ride in a carriage, Fresno, 1901

Item Overview

Title

Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan ride in a carriage, Fresno, 1901

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

1901

Date

1901

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 475. Fresno, Calif. 1901. Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan went to Fresno for some purpose, and I went up there while they were there and took the pictures in this and following envelopes: I got a rig at the livery stable and took Mertie and Lelia out for a ride. Two pictures of the rig and the girls. 2 negatives.
Photograph, from front to back, of Lelia Gillan and Mertie Whitaker riding in a horse-drawn carriage past a three-story round tower in Fresno. They are at a crossroads and the horse is stopped. The horse and the carriage face left. Behind them, a tower covered in ivy stands.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Lyddon, Lelia Gillan, 1880-1955
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Fresno

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Horses--California--Fresno
Carriages & coaches--American--California--Fresno
Towers--California--Fresno