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Title
Will Mead and a man named Davis wash their laundry, Glendale, 1898
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1898
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Photograph, from left to right, of Will Mead and a man named Davis each sitting astride a wash basin and washing clothes at C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's Ranch in Glendale. They sit in the middle of a sloped, dirt driveway and look towards the camera. A barn (partial view) stands behind them at right. The branches of a tree hover above them across the top of the photograph.
Text from negative sleeve: 489. Glendale, Calif. Capt Thom's Ranch. 1898. Left to R: Will Mead. Davis. They are doing their washing. Davis with two of Foreman White's children. Ranch employees on porch of bunk house. Will Mead in the center. Will Mead driving a donkey in a sulky. Will Mead at foot of palm tree in the yard. 5 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0489_002
ark:/21198/zz002hqmbk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Laundry--California--Glendale
Ranches--California--Glendale
Mead, William P., 1871-1906
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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