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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right (or back to front), of Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz and two unidentified women standing in a line and posing while attending a party at the Velzy residence. The six women stand in a line at right that extends back and to the left. Each woman rests a hand to the shoulder of the woman standing in front of them. All the women lean their heads to the left, except for an unknown woman standing at the front of the line. They stand in the Velzy's backyard. A house stands in partial view in the near distance along the right edge of the image. Latticed fencing lines the edge of the yard in the distance at left. Beyond the fencing, a neighbor's house stands in the background at left. Text from negative sleeve: 1874. Los Angeles, California. About 1915. At Velzy's residence out on 45th or 48th street I think. I cannot identify the place or houses. I remember that Bess McGee Velzy gave a party out at new place they had bought, and these pictures must have been taken then. From left to right. 1. Left to right - that is from the rear. Mrs William Schmitz. Mrs Bessie McGee Velzy. Mrs Mary A West. Mrs Al Schmitz. Two front ladies unknown. 1 film.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1874_001 ark:/21198/zz002hvb1v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Backyards--California--Los Angeles Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918 Schmitz, Kate A. Gaver, 1871-1966 Schmitz, Alice G. McDonald, b. 1877 or 78-1930 Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
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