Two men try to capture a donkey, Glendale, 1898

Item Overview

Title

Two men try to capture a donkey, Glendale, 1898

Photographer

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

Date Created

1898

Date

1898

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A blurred photograph of a donkey running in the barnyard at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch while two ranch workers try to capture it. The animal is in partial view on the right with its backside towards the camera. A man at center pulls on the donkey's tail. Another man stands to the right of the donkey with his back to camera and with his arm around the neck of the donkey. A single story structure at right extends towards the barn standing in the background at center. A few horses stand and graze in the pen at center and left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 490. Glendale, Calif. Capt Thom's Ranch. 1898. In the barnyard catching a donkey to harness to a sulky. 6 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Glendale

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Barnyards--California--Glendale
Ranches--California--Glendale
Barns--California--Glendale
Donkeys--California--Glendale
Animal husbandry--California--Glendale