Guy West and his dog stand by a Los Angeles Railway car, Los Angeles, 1897

Item Overview

Title

Guy West and his dog stand by a Los Angeles Railway car, 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

Guy M. West was H. H. West's brother.
Guy West and his dog stand by a Los Angeles Railway car. "Los Angeles Railway Co. 195" is painted on the front of the car and a sign reading, "East Side Park via Main St." hangs above. The wires for the car are overhead. Guy wears a hat and has his hands in his pockets. In the background, there are houses and fences and a structure with a weathervane on top.
Though the negative sleeve identifies three negatives in this series, only one of them is in the collection.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1758. Los Angeles, Calf. 1897. Main street. (Then called Kuhrts st.) 1. Guy M. West and his dog Rover. Taken at the corner of Griffin Avenue and Main street, where we had got off a car. 2. Leslie Smith, brother of Bim Smith, comes in from Pomona on his bicycle to visit us. Leslie and his bike. 3. Left to right: Wayne W. West. Leslie Smith. Wilson D. West. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Los Angeles Railway
West, Guy Mark, b. 1879

Longitude

34.066

Latitude

-118.211552

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Street railroads--California--Los Angeles
Dogs--California--Los Angeles