Boy fetching a bucket of water at the San Pedro wharf, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Boy fetching a bucket of water at the San Pedro wharf, Los Angeles, about 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1899]

Date

1899

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A blurry photograph of a boy fetching water from a water spigot at the Southern Pacific Railroad's wharf in San Pedro. He stands out-of-focus left-of-center. He is barefoot and wears an apron down to his feet. He lifts up a bucket of water with both hands. To his right, a water spigot stands next to a large doorway. The doorway is at left and behind the boy. Crates sit stacked beyond the doorway. The shadow of someone wearing a hat is cast on the bottom edge of the image at center. Crates stand stacked along the right edge of the photograph.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 598. San Pedro, Calif. Southern Pacific inspection trip about 1899. A boy is getting a bucket of water at the hydrant on the S.P.R.R. wharf. Boy not known.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Child laborers--California--Los Angeles
Water supply--California--Los Angeles
Water carriers--California--Los Angeles