Daisy Kellum sits on the floor of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Daisy Kellum sits on the floor of her family's home, Los Angeles, 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 Daisy Kellum sitting on the floor of her family's home. Daisy Kellum sits in the near distance atop a fur rug. Her legs extend towards the right and out of frame. She rests an arm up on a rocking chair to the left. Her hand cradles her head as she gazes down towards the right. Playing cards sit atop a pillow on the floor in front of her at center. In the background, a tea set sits atop a table in the corner at right and another room extends behind Daisy at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1709. Los Angeles, California, about 1899. The Kellums. The Kellum family move from 224 East 24th street to either Clanton or Stamford [sic] street, near Eighth street. The number on the house is 1416 so they may have been down by 14th street. Forget now. 15 individual pictures of Daisy Kellum taken at this location. 15 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Kellum, Daisy

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Playing cards
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles