H. H. West sits in a backyard churning butter, Elliott vicinity, 1900

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West sits in a backyard churning butter, Elliott vicinity, 1900

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 1900

Date

1900-09

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West sits in a backyard churning butter. There is a woman standing on the back porch sweeping. West sits on a chair. There is another chair on the other side of the churn. There is a shed in the background, along with trees. The house is at the right. There are other objects on the back porch and in the yard.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 667. East. Red Oak, Iowa. Meads farm. Sept. 1900. Working the road with a scraper. H. H. West churning at the rear of the house. Uncle Daniel Mead with scythe. Other not identified. Grace Biddick feeding a calf. A family group in the Mead home. At left are Uncle Dan Mead and Aunt Lucy seated. Standing behind with derby is Will Mead. Nell Brydolf seated at extreme right. Also are Walter and Grace Biddick. Others not identified. 5 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

Iowa--Elliott

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Butter churning--Iowa--Elliott