NEGATIVE STRIP OF PHOTOS OF BOYLE HEIGHTS

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

NEGATIVE STRIP OF PHOTOS OF BOYLE HEIGHTS

Entry/Object ID

2000.217.5.4

Description

Color: Black; White A strip negative with six images of William H. Workman and Maria Boyle Workman. Exposures 31-33 are of the two in a portrait at their fiftieth wedding anniversary, 17 October 1917 with the two dressed in formal clothes and posed in front of a large bouquet of flowers, either at a studio or a large room, in which there is a large curtain as a backdrop. Exposures 34-36 are of William H. Workman standing next to a tree in Hollenbeck Park, Boyle Heights, ca. 1910. Workman donated most of the land for the park in the 1890s. Exposures 32 and 35 were printed and are item numbers 1.7 and 1.10 from this accession. As a newly-made artifact, the strip is in mint condition. Number-Units: 1

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Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Negatives, Clothing and dress, Parks--Los Angeles (Calif.), Wedding anniveraries

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Object Name

Negatives