Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Item Overview

Title

Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1918]

Date

1918

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Tacoma Winkler standing on the tree lawn opposite her home and posing. A sidewalk lines the bottom edge of the image. It is lined by a tree lawn and curb. Tacoma Winkler stands at center, in the grass of the tree lawn, and looks to the camera. A palm stands to the left of her and a lamp post stands to the right. Wellington Road stretches across the image behind her. On the far side of the street, her family's home at 1639 Wellington Road stands in partial view, right-of-center. It is viewed from the front. A car is parked on the far side of the street at left and extends beyond the left frame.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1879. Los Angeles, California. 1644 Wellington Road, about 1918. 1. Lois Winkler, in front of their home across the street from us. 2. Tacoma Winkler on our curb looking toward their house across the street. 3. Mrs Mary A. West holding H.H.West Jr in her lap, [circled:] Elizabeth West [end circled] [inserted handwritten:] may be Tacoma Winkler? [end inserted handwritten] standing beside her. Taken from a vacant lot across the street from us, next to Winkler's home, and which was planted to flowers. Our home across the street. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Winkler, Tacoma J., b. 1909

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.044193

Latitude

-118.331267

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Palms--California--Los Angeles