Soldier sits on a wooden trunk holding a monkey, San Francisco, 1898

Item Overview

Title

Soldier sits on a wooden trunk holding a monkey, San Francisco, 1898

Photographer

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

Date Created

1898

Date

1898

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Soldier sits on a wooden trunk holding a monkey. He wears a hat and suspenders, and has a pin on his pocket. He has a moustache. There are tents behind him.

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

Location

California--San Francisco

Longitude

37.798056

Latitude

-122.465833

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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