Alvin Anderson helps Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard, Los Angeles, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Alvin Anderson helps Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard, Los Angeles, 1939

Photographer

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

Date Created

[April 9, 1939]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of Alvin Anderson helping Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard on South Griffin Avenue. The corner of a house stands along the right edge of the image. A brick paved walkway extends from the house and towards the center of the image in the foreground. Plants extend from the backside of the house. A dirt drive stretches from the pavers and to the left. A car sits in partial view along the left edge of the image. In the near distance, brick pavers line the edge of a flower garden that stretches across the image. Paul Brooks and 3 women stand with their backs to the camera in the middle of the garden at right. Paul stands leftmost of the group. Standing to the left of him is Alvin Anderson, a neighbor of Cornett's. He stands left-of-center in the middle of the garden and faces towards the left. Behind him, a ladder stands near a fence. Wooden fencing lines the far side of the garden. A house stands on the other side of the fence.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1911. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Ave. Easter Sunday, 1939. 1. Extreme left, Alvin Anderson helping Paul Brooks and family get some flowers in Cornett's back yard. Over the fence beyond Alvin is their yard. 1 film.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Backyards--California--Los Angeles
Holidays--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Flower gardens--California--Los Angeles

Names

Anderson, Alvin Godfrey, 1889-1978
Brooks, Paul

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070986

Latitude

-118.212052

Resource type

still image