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Title
Webster and Bob Brain cleaning rabbits, Irwindale, about 1900
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1900]
1900
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
Text from negative sleeve: 607. Irwindale, Calif. About 1900. Web and Bob Brain cleaning rabbits. 2 films. Bob Brain. Bob Brain and Web Brain eating lunch. Web is drinking out of a bottle. L to R. Web Brain - Bob Brain, - standing Web is holding the gun. Under the Castor Bean tree at the irrigation pipe outlet. L to R: Web and Bob Brain. 6 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0607_002
ark:/21198/zz002hqzzq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rabbits--California
Dead animals--California
Hunters--American--California--Independence
Brain, Robert T., 1869-1946
Brain, Webster C., 1871-1941
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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