H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse, Santa Monica, 1901

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse, Santa Monica, 1901

Photographer

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

Date Created

May 9, 1901

Date

1901-05-09

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Caption

Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker (later West) sitting in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse in Santa Monica. H. H. wears a fedora hat. He rests his arms on his knees that are slightly bent outward and looks slightly to the left; he holds a handkerchief in one hand. Mertie wears a boater hat. She rests her hands in her lap as she looks to the camera. Behind them, a ranch-type wooden building extends from the left to the right. It has a railing, two semi-circular, spoked decorative elements on the side of the building, a pitched, corrugated roof and a large dormer at top with seven windows.
Text from negative sleeve: 262 Santa Monica, Calif. May 9, 1901. A captive seal near the bath house. Pinkie Lemberger, dtr of John Lemberger on the pier [handwritten:] } 1900? Pinkie Lemberger down on the sand [handwritten:] } 1900? Left to right: Ora Prickett (with derby hat) and Mertie Whitaker. In front of North Beach Bath House. Left to right: H.H.West (with Fedora hat) and Mertie Whitaker in front of North Beach bath house. 5 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bathhouses--California--Santa Monica
Beaches--California--Santa Monica