Louise Ambrose poses in front of palm fronds outside her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Item Overview

Title

Louise Ambrose poses in front of palm fronds outside her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1894]

Date

1894

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus, close-up photograph of Louise Ambrose in the front yard of her family's home on North Hellman Street (now Avenue 24). Louise Ambrose is viewed from the waist-up at center. She is out-of-focus. Louise faces towards the camera, but casts her gaze to the right as she rests a hand to her hip. Palm fronds stand behind her. The lawn and a walkway stretches behind her and are visible between the gaps in the fronds.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1687. Los Angeles, California. North Hellman St., East Los Angeles. 1. 2. Left to right: Agnes Ebey. Louise Ambrose. 3. 4. 5. Three close ups of Louise Ambrose. 5 films, taken at Ambrose home on north Hellman street about 1894

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Wade, Anna Louise Ambrose Conable, b. 1876

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.07435

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawns--California--Los Angeles