Frances Nichols poses for a silhouette portrait, facing left, Los Angeles, about 1900
Item Overview
- Title
- Frances Nichols poses for a silhouette portrait, facing left, Los Angeles, about 1900
- Photographer
- West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
- Date Created
- [circa 1900]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- West (H. H.) Collection
Notes
- Description
- An underexposed, silhouetted photographic portrait of Frances Nichols taken at the West's residence on South Griffin Avenue. Frances Nichols sits in the near distance and is viewed, in profile, facing left. Her profile is covered in shadow. Behind her, light flows through a sheet that covers a window.
- Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: 1775. Los Angeles, California. 240 South Griffin Ave., about 1900. 1. 2. Two silhouettes of Frances Nichols, taken by hanging a sheet over a window and making an exposure. 2 films.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs - Subjects
- Silhouettes
- Names
- Nichols, Frances, b. 1879
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Longitude
- 34.070609
- Latitude
- -118.21164
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local identifier
- uclamss_1998_1775_001
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hv3g6
- Manifest url
-
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.