Earl Kellum lounges on a sofa in the Kellum family residence, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Earl Kellum lounges on a sofa in the Kellum family residence, 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 Earl Kellum posing while lounging on a sofa in his family's home. Earl Kellum lies across the sofa at center. His legs extend across the sofa at left and he props his arm up on a pillow as he rests his head to his hand at right. His upper leg hangs off the front edge of the sofa. A doorway stands along the right edge. A banjo leans upright against the the door frame next to the sofa. Behind the sofa, a curtain hangs down at left and pictures hang on the wall at center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1710. Los Angeles, California, about 1899. The Kellums. On Clanton or Stamford [sic] street, near 14th? See #1709. [handwritten:] 4 x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] individual pictures of Minnie Kellum taken at that place. [handwritten:] 1 Earl Kellum on Couch. [crossed out 4] x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] films. [handwritten:] 5 films [end handwritten]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Kellum, Earl Junius, 1880-1965

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sofas
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles