Daisy Kellum poses while holding a flower in her home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Daisy Kellum poses while holding a flower in her 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

An out-of-focus photograph of Daisy Kellum posing while holding a flower. Daisy Kellum stands in profile at center. She faces towards the right and raises a flower up towards her face while she gazes at it. Daisy stands near the corner of room. To the left of her, a rocking chair sits, facing the camera. A curtain covers a window behind it. To the right of Daisy, a banjo stands upright in the corner and a pot of flowers stands atop a small table near a door frame. The door frame runs parallel along the right edge of the image. Pictures hang on the walls behind Daisy.

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
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Kellum, Daisy

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Los Angeles