Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (glass positive), Los Angeles, about 1900

Item Overview

Title

Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (glass positive), Los Angeles, about 1900

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1900]

Date

1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photographic portrait of Frank E. Prior sitting at the desk in his office at the Arcade depot. Frank E. Prior sits in a wooden desk chair in the foreground at center. He sits in profile, facing left, and leans back in his chair slightly. His hands are clasped in front of him as he looks to the left. His desk stands behind him. Family pictures and an inkwell sit on the left side of the desk. Directly behind him, a calendar is attached to the cabinet and a lamp hangs down. A narrow gash arcs through the image on an upward angle from the mid-left edge and towards the right side of the upper edge.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1984. Los Angeles, California. Arcade depot, about 1900. 1. Glass positive [handwritten:] ^ and negative - [end handwritten] of Frank E. Prior taken at his desk in his office. Dont [sic] know where this came from or anything about it. Found in my suit case of negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Prior, Frank E., 1859-1912

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad employees
Desks
Offices--California--Los Angeles