Mr. Waddack poses in front of H. H. West's beach cottage, Venice, about 1903

Item Overview

Title

Mr. Waddack poses in front of H. H. West's beach cottage, Venice, about 1903

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1903

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mr. Waddack poses in front of H. H. West's beach cottage. He wears a suit and tie and has a watch chain in his breast pocket. There are utility poles throughout with wires overhead. At Mr. Waddack's right there is what appears to be a wooden walkway, and at the right there is sand. There are other cottages in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1304. Venice, California, about 1903. I had father build us a beach cottage at the corner of Island Avenue and Speedway, Venice, California, just after Abbott Kinney laid out Venice. The lost cost me $1,000.00 and father built the cottage for an even thousand dollars more. We lived there two straight years, then moved to Los Angeles, and traded the place for a lot on Mildred Ave., on which father built me two cottages. 1. The cottage when completed. The man is Mr Waddack. He was the Chief Clerk for Pat Sheedy, Supt of M. P. and M., S. P. R. R., and an old friend. In fact he roomed at our Daly Street for a few months once - 133 S. Daly St. 1 film.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Waddack, Mr.

Location

California--Venice

Resource type

still image