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Title
Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (glass positive), Los Angeles, about 1900
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1900
[circa 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.
Photographic portrait of Frank E. Prior sitting at the desk in his office at the Arcade depot. Frank E. Prior sits in a wooden desk chair in the foreground at center. He sits in profile, facing left, and leans back in his chair slightly. His hands are clasped in front of him as he looks to the left. His desk stands behind him. Family pictures and an inkwell sit on the left side of the desk. Directly behind him, a calendar is attached to the cabinet and a lamp hangs down. A narrow gash arcs through the image on an upward angle from the mid-left edge and towards the right side of the upper edge.
Text from negative sleeve: 1984. Los Angeles, California. Arcade depot, about 1900. 1. Glass positive [handwritten:] ^ and negative - [end handwritten] of Frank E. Prior taken at his desk in his office. Dont [sic] know where this came from or anything about it. Found in my suit case of negatives.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1984_002
ark:/21198/zz002hvmx5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad employees
Desks
Offices--California--Los Angeles
Prior, Frank E., 1859-1912
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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