Parrot hangs upside down from a tree in the backyard of the West's home, Los Angeles, 1898

Item Overview

Title

Parrot hangs upside down from a tree in the backyard of the West's home, Los Angeles, 1898

Photographer

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

Date Created

1898

Date

1898

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Parrot hangs upside down from a tree in the backyard of the West's home. There is a fence which is covered with bushes and there are other trees in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1762. Los Angeles, Calif. 240 South Griffin Ave. 1898. 1. A view of the house under the pepper tree. 2. 3. 4. Guy West worked at Acaponeta Mexico for the Lacy Brothers in their mine. Was gone about a year. When he came home he brot [sic] mother a parrot. She used to put it out in the back yard and let it talk to itself. All it could say was "Polly wants a cracker," "Tocolapata," and "Popoceeto." 3 pictures of the parrot.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parrots--California