Backyard of the West's house, Los Angeles, 1897

Item Overview

Title

Backyard of the West's house, Los Angeles, 1897

Photographer

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

Date Created

1897

Date

1897

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Backyard of the West's house. H. H. West's brother, Wayne, sits on a chair at the right holding a book. The backyard is manicured with plants and small trees. A fence surrounds it and there is a shed at the back with shovels leaning up against it. The house is visible at the right. There are other houses visible in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1753. Los Angeles, Calif. 240 South Griffin Ave., 1897. 1. The view of the Catholic Church from our front lawn; also Penning's house at right. Guy West's dog and the two Daugherty children, from next door north, on the lawn. 2. Our front lawn, and the front of our house looking north on Griffin. 3. I laid the rear yard out beautifully. Wayne West in the chair at right. Our chicken yard at left and little shed on the right hand corner. 4. 5. Two pictures of bicycle riders on triplex in front of our house. As they are moving, they are no good for portraits. 5 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Backyards--California--Los Angeles