Names: Brain, Robert T., 1869-1946 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of George Corwin and Robert T. Brain standing on the pier at Ocean Park with their fishing gear. The pier stretches along the bottom edge of the image on a slight upward angle from left to right. In the foreground, a basket, camera and some cans sit on the pier at center. Both George Corwin and Robert T. Brain stand along the wooden rail of the pier. George Corwin stands at left and looks to the camera while he holds a fishing rod. Robert T. Brain stands at right and looks to the camera as well. An unidentified man stands behind and to the right of Robert. His back is to the camera as he looks over the edge of the pier. In the background, the ocean extends behind them at left and center and the coastline stretches into the distance at right.
Date:: [circa 1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from front to back, of brothers Bob Brain and Web (Webster) Brain hunched over and cleaning rabbits they killed on a shoot in Irwindale. Both men stand in profile as they are bent over to clean the rabbits they have in hand. Bob Brain stands nearest to camera at center. He stands in profile, facing left. Webster stands behind him and to the left. He too stands in profile, but faces towards the right. A castor tree stands in the background at right. In the distance, mountains rise.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Bob Brain standing in an empty field and posing with his gun, quails and rabbits killed on a shoot in Irwindale. He stands and faces center, but gazes slightly to the right. He holds quails in his hand at left and rabbits in his hand at right. His guns is propped next to him at left. The butt of the gun rests on the ground and the barrel rests against his arm. A patch of cacti are on the ground behind him at right. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of brothers Bob Brain and Web (Webster) Brain cleaning rabbits they killed on a shoot in Irwindale. Bob Brain is front and center. He stands in profile, facing left, while hunched over and holding a rabbit in front of him. Webster kneels behind him at right. His back is turned to the camera and he faces a low boulder. A castor tree stands behind the boulder at right. In the distance, mountains rise.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of brothers Webster and Bob Brain standing with a gun and looking like they're about to pose for a photo after a hunt in Irwindale. Webster stands left-of-center. He is in profile, facing right, and holds the barrel of a gun that is between him and his brother. Bob Brain stands right-of-center. He faces towards camera, but casts his gaze down towards the gun. In his hand at right, he holds a bunch of dead rabbits. To his right, small cacti cover the ground. Mountains stand in the far distance.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Bob Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Bob's lap and looks to the camera; her face is blurred. Bob holds Aileen on his lap and attempts to clip her fingernails; his gaze is cast downwards towards their hands. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Bob Brain and Webster Brain taking a lunch break while out hunting in Irwindale. Webster Brain kneels on the ground at center and faces towards the left. His eyes are closed and he lifts a bottle to his mouth and drinks from it. Behind and to the left of him, Bob sits on the ground and looks to camera as he holds food in one hand. The ground around them is strewn with bottles, wrappers, sandwiches and other food supplies. A gun rests against a wood board in the background at left.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: According to the accompanying negative sleeve, this image was taken around 1897. Aileen (Brain) Davis was born around 1898 or 1899, after when this image was stated to be taken. This image is likely to have been taken at a later date.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of brothers Webster Brain and Bob (Robert) Brain standing in an empty field as Webster Brain demonstrates how to shoot a bottle in the air. Both men have their backs to the camera. Webster stands nearest to camera left-of-center. He has his gun aimed towards the distance. Bob stands to the left of a shrub at right and leans towards the right. Some shrubbery dots the otherwise barren landscape in front of them.
Date:: [between 1897 and 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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