H. H. West, Daisy Kellum, Lucretia Kellum and Minnie Kellum take tea, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Daisy Kellum, Lucretia Kellum and Minnie Kellum take tea, 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, from left to right, of H. H. West, Daisy Kellum, Lucretia Kellum and Minnie Kellum taking tea in the Kellum family's residence. The group is gathered back from the camera, right-of-center. H. H. West sits leftmost in a rocking a chair and reaches to the right to grab a cup of tea from Daisy Kellum. Daisy Kellum stands behind and to the right of H. H. West. She hands him a cup of tea. To the right of them, a table sits between the group. Teacups rest atop a cloth covering the table. Lucretia Kellum sits on the far side of the table, to the right of Daisy. She looks down and pours herself a cup of tea. Minnie Kellum sits to the right of Lucretia and in front of the table. She sits in a rocking chair, in profile and facing left, as she brings a cup of tea to her mouth. To the right of her stands a doorway along the right edge of the image. Pictures hang on the wall behind Daisy and Lucretia. Curtains cover a window behind H. H. West and the arm of a sofa juts into the foreground from the lower left corner.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1716. Los Angeles, California, about 1899. The Kellums. On Clanton or Stamford [sic] Ave., near 14th st. Left to right: H.H.West. Daisy Kellum. Mrs Cuthbert Kellum. Minnie Kellum. 2 films, the same.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Kellum, Hannah Lucretia Goddard, 1849-1931
Kellum, Daisy
Woods, Minnie May Kellum, 1869-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Tea--California--Los Angeles