Frances Nichols holds a cat in her lap while sitting on the front porch, Santa Ana, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Frances Nichols holds a cat in her lap while sitting on the front porch, Santa Ana, about 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1899]

Date

1899

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Frances Nichols sitting with a cat in her lap on the porch of her home at Nichols Ranch. Frances sits right-of-center on the low floor of the porch. She looks down towards her lap where she holds a cat. The cat sits up partially and looks to the camera. To the left of them, a scrapper with "Jack" written on it is affixed to a low post and a porch post that rises along the left edge of the image. Behind Frances, the porch floor stretches across the image. A door stands behind and to the left of Frances and a window is to the right of the door.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1211. Santa Ana, California, about 1899. Nichols Ranch. 1. L to R: Charles Mertz. Kate Mertz. Frances Nichols and cat. 2. Frances Nichols in front of hammock. 3. Frances Nichols and cat. At her left is a scraper, and on it you can see written in chalk "Jack." Joe Delaney lived in Santa Barbara; met Fanny on a trip of hers to Santa Barbara. He worked for S.P.R.R. and so did I. He came to Los Angeles, staid all night with me and asked if I was engaged to Fanny. If not, he was going to Santa Ana next day and propose. He went down. Proposed. Was turned down. Wrote his name (he preferred to be called Jack) on the scraper and told Fannie she could wipe her feet on him. Over- 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Nichols, Frances, b. 1879

Location

California--Santa Ana

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Cats--California
Porches--California--Santa Ana
Ranches--California--Santa Ana