Mrs. Hiatt stands in the Montgomery County section of the Iowa State Picnic and mingles with other attendees, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Hiatt stands in the Montgomery County section of the Iowa State Picnic and mingles with other attendees, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 7, 1948

Date

1948-08-07

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in the Montgomery County section at Lincoln Park. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, a girl walks across the park. Behind her, Mrs. Hiatt stands amongst a group of other picnic-goers at center. She wears a black hat and stands with her back to camera. To the right of them, people sit on a park bench that faces away from camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2392. Iowa State picnic Lincoln Park Los Angeles, Calif., August 7, 1948. [handwritten check mark] 1. Montgomery County headquarters . Lady with flat black hat and back to camera is Mrs Ralph Hiatt, nee Broadby [sic]. [handwritten check mark] 2. Close up. Mrs Hiatt has tuerned [sic] sidewise [sic] to camera. [handwritten check mark] 3. Closer up. She is at left of the grou [sic] group. Others not identified. [handwritten check mark] 4. Bench under Montgomery Co.tree. Mrs H.H.West standing behind end of bench. [handwritten check mark] 5. Close up of Mrs H.H.West facing camera. [handwritten check mark] 6. Mr and Mrs H.H.West, with Montgomery County sign facing camera.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Hiatt, Nellie Brodby, 1877-1976
Iowa Association of Southern California

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Picnics--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles