Richard Siemsen poses in front of H. H. West's Buick, Los Angeles, 1944

Item Overview

Title

Richard Siemsen poses in front of H. H. West's Buick, Los Angeles, 1944

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

April, 1944

Date

1944-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing in front of H. H. West's Buick outside the West's home on Griffin Avenue. A sidewalk passes across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Stone pavers form a walkway that extends through the tree lawn perpendicularly from the sidewalk and towards the street. Richard Siemsen stands at center on the walkway of stone pavers. He looks to the camera and lets his arms hang down by his sides. Behind him, H. H. West's Buick is parked along the curb on Griffin Avenue. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind the Buick on an angle. Houses lining the opposite side of the street stand in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2095. Los Angeles, California, 2223 Griffin Avenue, April 1944. 1. The new sign erected in front of the place. 2. Richard Siemsen in front yard with H.H.West Buick in background. 3. Rear bedroom, - Hebard's old room- showing the dresser in the corner with decorations. At upper left is a framed photo of Capt.Wilfrid M. Cline, A.C.O-917733, 16th C.C.U., A.A.F., A.P.O.627, Care Postmaster New York City. Next to it, over behind the flowers is a large photo of Dottie Siemsen Burgess. On dresser, at left is a "Weather Barometer["] A vase, a small flag, some artifical [sic] flowers, a calla lily painted by some friend of Frances West Wells in Anc orage [sic], Alaska, and sent us for Christmas present - over -

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070939

Latitude

-118.211846

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles