Worm's-eye view of Louise Ambrose balancing on a porch rail, Los Angeles, about 1894

Item Overview

Title

Worm's-eye view of Louise Ambrose balancing on a porch rail, Los Angeles, about 1894

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1894]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Worm's-eye view of Louise Ambrose posing for a photograph while balancing atop the rail surrounding the front porch of her family's home on North Hellman Street (now Avenue 24). The side of the house stands along the left edge of the image. The side of the porch extends from it and back towards the center. Louise Ambrose stands atop the rail at center. She looks down to the camera while she holds onto the decorative rail that hangs down from the eave. A chicken wire trellis extends to the right of Louise and the porch.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1686. Los Angeles, California. North Hellman St., East Los Angeles. Now Avenue 24. 1. The Ambroses lived in the first house up Hellman street, across the alley from the rear yard of Doc Schloss' drug store. H.H.Cooper and family lived there first. I went up to take some pictures of Louise Ambrose. Louise Ambrose at the piano in their home. 2. 3. Two pictures posed by Louise Ambrose on their front porch. 4. Louise Ambrose on the lawn facing Hellman street. 4 films taken about 1894.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Houses--California--Los Angeles
Porches--California--Los Angeles

Names

Wade, Anna Louise Ambrose Conable, b. 1876

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.07435

Latitude

-118.217136

Resource type

still image