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Title
Man steers a bicycle boat with passengers on the lake at Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, about 1898
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1898
about 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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Man steers a bicycle boat with passengers in the lake at Hollenbeck Park. A man, woman, and child sit in the boat and the seat is decorated with stars. There is a bridge with people walking across it at the right. Other women stand on the shore at the left. There are trees throughout.
Text from negative sleeve: 1651. Los Angeles Parks. Hollenbeck Park, about 1898. 1. View of the lake and trees. 2. Boys on the bank fishing for carp in the lake. 3. Pleasure row boats on the lake. 4. Pleasure boat with a paddle wheel at rear run by man on a bicycle framed hitched up to the wheel. [Handwritten:] For Wesley Day. 4 films.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1651_001
ark:/21198/zz002htrbv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lakes & ponds--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Boats--American--California--Los Angeles
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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