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Title
Bim Smith posing while cleaning a rabbit, Pomona, about 1895
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1895]
1895
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 of Bim Smith sitting on a crate and posing with a rabbit he is cleaning at Smith Ranch in Pomona. Bim Smith sits, left-of-center, astride a crate that has been turned on its side and looks to the camera. He holds onto a rabbit that lies in front of him on the crate. A dog approaches him on the left. To the right, another dog sits on the ground and looks to the camera. Bim Smith sits in front of a barn. An animal skin hangs from the barn wall behind and to the right of Bim Smith. Two guns stand behind the dog at right and rest against the barn wall. The barn appears to be open at left.
Text from negative sleeve: 743. Pomona, Calif. About 1895. The Smith Ranch. 1. Bim Smith. 2. Frank Baynham - a neighbor. Now a State assemblyman (1942). 3. In the buggy. L to R. Bim Smith. Frank Baynham. 4. L to R: Bim Smith. Pearl Smith. Frank Baynham. 4 negatives
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0743_004
ark:/21198/zz002hrk8h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rabbits--California
Hides & skins
Dogs--California--Pomona
Dead animals--California
Hunters--American--California--Pomona
Smith, Bim, 1872-1954
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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