Pinkie (Ellen Lorene) Lemberger stands on the pier, Santa Monica, about 1900 or 1901

Item Overview

Title

Pinkie (Ellen Lorene) Lemberger stands on the pier, Santa Monica, about 1900 or 1901

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1900 or 1901]

Date

1900/1901

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Pinkie (Ellen Lorene) Lemberger stands on the pier in Santa Monica with her eyes closed and slightly turned to the left (facing east). She wears a long skirt, white blouse, dark jacket and a large dark hat. It appears to be windy as her skirt seems to billow in the wind. The photograph may have been taken at the end of the day; Pinkie casts a long shadow to the left of where she stands and the waves in the ocean seem to move towards the left as well. Behind her and to the left on the dock is a picnic basket. A pier support post is behind her on the left as well; it rises just over the level of the pier. In the distance on the left, the shoreline is barely visible.
Pinkie Lemberger (Ellen Lorene Lemberger Warder) was H. H. West’s first cousin.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 262 Santa Monica, Calif. May 9, 1901. A captive seal near the bath house. Pinkie Lemberger, dtr of John Lemberger on the pier [handwritten:] } 1900? Pinkie Lemberger down on the sand [handwritten:] } 1900? Left to right: Ora Prickett (with derby hat) and Mertie Whitaker. In front of North Beach Bath House. Left to right: H.H.West (with Fedora hat) and Mertie Whitaker in front of North Beach bath house. 5 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Warder, Ellen Lorene Lemberger, 1874-1936

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Oceans
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Picnic baskets