Annie M. Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa, Santa Monica, [about 1900]

Item Overview

Title

Annie M. Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa, Santa Monica, [about 1900]

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1900]

Date

1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Annie M. Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Annie's lap and looks to the camera. Annie holds Aileen on her lap and looks down to her. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
According to the accompanying negative sleeve, this image was taken around 1895. Aileen (Brain) Davis was born around 1898 or 1899, after when this image was stated to be taken. This image is likely to have been taken at a later date.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 710. Ocean Park, Calif. About 1895. Bob Brain was a clerk in the Maintenance of Way Department, S.P.R.R., Arcade depot, Los Angeles, California. Lived in a little cottage on the beach below the bluff and south of the Arcadia Hotel at Ocean Park. I went down one winter evening with him to go hunting the next day (Sunday) down the beach by Ballona (Now Playa Del Rey). Took my camera along and took a photo of Bob and his only daughter Aileen Brain, and two photos of Mrs Brain and Aileen. Other lady in the photo not now known. Must have been a maid. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Davis, Aileen W. Brain, b. 1898 or 1899
Brain, Annie Mary Watkins

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Santa Monica