Monkey in the military base at the Presidio, San Francisco, 1898

Item Overview

Title

Monkey in the military base at the Presidio, San Francisco, 1898

Photographer

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

Date Created

1898

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Monkey in the military base at the Presidio. There is a tent behind the monkey, with ropes tied to stakes in the ground. There is a trunk at the left. The monkey is slightly out of focus.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 900. San Francisco Presidio, 1898. The Mascots of Battery D Heavy Artillery. 3 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Monkeys--California
Military facilities--American--California--San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)

Location

California--San Francisco

Longitude

37.798056

Latitude

-122.465833

Resource type

still image