Minnie Kellum poses on a sofa in her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Minnie Kellum poses on a sofa in her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1899]

Date

1899

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Minnie Kellum posing while sitting on a sofa in her family's home. Minnie Kellum sits on a sofa in the near distance at center. She sits upright in the middle of the sofa and looks sternly towards the camera. A decorative rug lies on the ground in front of her. In front and to the left of her, a potted plant sits atop a small side table. A banjo leans upright against the sofa to the right of Minnie. Behind her, curtains cover a window at left and pictures hang from the walls at center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1710. Los Angeles, California, about 1899. The Kellums. On Clanton or Stamford [sic] street, near 14th? See #1709. [handwritten:] 4 x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] individual pictures of Minnie Kellum taken at that place. [handwritten:] 1 Earl Kellum on Couch. [crossed out 4] x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] films. [handwritten:] 5 films [end handwritten]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Woods, Minnie May Kellum, 1869-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sofas
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles