Bob Brain clipping his daughter Aileen's fingernails, Santa Monica, [about 1900]

Title: Bob Brain clipping his daughter Aileen's fingernails, Santa Monica, [about 1900]
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: [circa 1900]
Date: 1900
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Photograph, from left to right, of Bob Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Bob's lap and looks to the camera; her face is blurred. Bob holds Aileen on his lap and attempts to clip her fingernails; his gaze is cast downwards towards their hands. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
According to the accompanying negative sleeve, this image was taken around 1895. Aileen (Brain) Davis was born around 1898 or 1899, after when this image was stated to be taken. This image is likely to have been taken at a later date.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 710. Ocean Park, Calif. About 1895. Bob Brain was a clerk in the Maintenance of Way Department, S.P.R.R., Arcade depot, Los Angeles, California. Lived in a little cottage on the beach below the bluff and south of the Arcadia Hotel at Ocean Park. I went down one winter evening with him to go hunting the next day (Sunday) down the beach by Ballona (Now Playa Del Rey). Took my camera along and took a photo of Bob and his only daughter Aileen Brain, and two photos of Mrs Brain and Aileen. Other lady in the photo not now known. Must have been a maid. 3 films

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_0710_003
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hrfbm
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.