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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Minnie Kellum wearing men's attire while lounging on a sofa in her family's home. The sofa stretches across the image and out-of-frame at right. Minnie Kellum lies across the sofa with her head at left and feet oriented towards the right. She is dressed in men's clothing and wears trousers, a jacket and vest. Minnie leans back towards 3 pillows on the left side of the sofa. She rests on arm behind her head and holds smoking paraphernalia in her other hand as she looks to the camera. She crosses one leg over the other. Behind the sofa, palm fronds hold photographs. Curtains hang over a doorway that stands behind and to the left of the sofa. A fingerprint is visible along the top edge of the image at center. Text from negative sleeve: 1710. Los Angeles, California, about 1899. The Kellums. On Clanton or Stamford [sic] street, near 14th? See #1709. [handwritten:] 4 x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] individual pictures of Minnie Kellum taken at that place. [handwritten:] 1 Earl Kellum on Couch. [crossed out 4] x [over a typed 5] [end handwritten] films. [handwritten:] 5 films [end handwritten]
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1710_004 ark:/21198/zz002htwpz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sofas Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Cross dressing--California--Los Angeles Smoking paraphernalia Woods, Minnie May Kellum, 1869-1972
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