Close-up of Sadie Russell holding her infant son, Millard Russell, at her home, Los Angeles, 1899

Item Overview

Title

Close-up of Sadie Russell holding her infant son, Millard Russell, at her home, Los Angeles, 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

February 19, 1899

Date

1899-02-19

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Close-up photograph of Sadie Russell (right) holding her infant son, Millard Russell (left) on their front porch. The camera looks up towards them. Sadie Russell stands in profile along the right edge of the image and is viewed from the waist up. She looks down while she holds Millard and rests one hand on top of him. She holds Millard so that he faces towards the camera. Millard smiles as he glances past the camera. The side of the house stretches behind them at right and extends towards center. Neighboring lawns are visible in the background at left, just past the porch rail.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1704. Los Angeles, California. Russel's [sic] family. Sadie Sweazey [sic] lived on Main Street between Workman and Sichel. Married Will Russel [sic] whose folks had a grocery store at corner of Workman or Sichel and Main street - then known as Kuhrts street. They asked me to come over one day and take picture of their baby: 1. L to R: Maggie Russel [sic], Sadie Sweazey [sic] Russel [sic] and her baby. 2. 3. Two pictures of Sadie Russel [sic] and her baby. Taken February 19, 1899. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Russell, Sadie Etta Swezea, 1877-1955
Russell, Millard Jay, 1898-1978

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Families--American--California--Los Angeles