Team of eight men and eighteen horses in an open field, Los Angeles, ca. 1900.
Entry/Object ID
2014.960.1.1
Description
A cabinet card photograph of a team of eight men and eighteen horses in an open field, Los Angeles, ca. 1900. The image was taken by a commercial photographer, R. Thornton Smith, Alhambra. Smith would later become a realtor and postmaster of Temple City. The men are standing spread out in a line with their team of horse behind them. Some men hold the reins to four horses. One man on the left stands further out and holds a wicker covered bottle in his right hand. In ther foreground of the hay strewn open field is a plowing device with its harness and a pick among other farming equipment. A multi story building is partially visible in the background to the right. The item is in fair condition with brown colored accretions crosses vertically over the photograph, moderate fading.
