H. H. West and Bim Smith posing with their guns in front of animal pelts, Pomona, about 1895

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West and Bim Smith posing with their guns in front of animal pelts, Pomona, about 1895

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1895]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Bim Smith posing with their rifles in front of the side of a barn in Pomona. H. H. West stands, left-of-center, with one leg propped up on a crate and the opposite hand to his hip. He holds a rifle against his propped up leg and gazes off towards the right. Bim Smith sits on a stool at right. A gun rests across his lap. He faces forward but his eyes are shut. A dog sits on the ground between his feet. Another dog (partial view) walks out of frame at the lower left corner. The two men pose in front of the side of a whitewashed barn. An animal pelt hangs behind each of them. What looks to be horse riding gear hangs from the barn behind and between them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 742. Pomona, Calif. About 1895. The Smith Ranch near North Pomona, or Claremont. Bim Smith's folks had a ranch there, bounded on the north by the Santa Fe railroad. I used to go out Saturday evenings and stay over Sunday. 1. L to R: H.H.West standing, Bim Smith sitting. 2. Ed Smith, dog and coyote skin. 3. The ranch house looking north. Leslie Smith on the porch. 4. Leslie Smith in the orange grove. 5. Pearl Smith - ,a beautiful girl. 6. Mrs Smith. 6 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Firearms
Hides & skins
Dogs--California--Pomona
Hunters--American--California--Pomona
Ranches--California--Pomona

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Smith, Bim, 1872-1954

Location

California--Pomona

Resource type

still image