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Title
Worm's-eye view of Dad Smith standing on a train platform, Fontana vicinity, 1900
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
May 13, 1900
1900-05-13
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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A worm's-eye view photograph of Dad Smith in partial profile standing on a train station platform and waiting for a train in Declez. He is turned slightly to the right and holds onto a gun by its barrel. He stands on a wooden platform that stretches beneath him along the bottom edge of the photograph.
Text from negative sleeve: 586. Declez, Calif. May 13, 1900. Dad Smith, father of Dap Smith, who was pay roll clerk in the Supt's office S.P. at Los Angeles, Calif. We were hunting rab rabbits at Declez, Calif. He is on the station platform waiting for the train.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0586_001
ark:/21198/zz002hqx4t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--Fontana
Smith, Dad
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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