P.F.C. H. H. West, Jr. poses outside the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Item Overview

Title

P.F.C. H. H. West, Jr. poses outside the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Photographer

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

Date Created

May, 1944

Date

1944-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front walkway of the West's new residence on North Ridgewood Place. A concrete walkway extends at an angle from the lower right and up towards the left. H. H. West, Jr. stands in the near distance at center, along the walkway. He faces slightly left and turns his head to look towards the camera. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from the Aleutian Islands. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind him at right, a low set of wide steps leads up to a porch that juts out from the front of the building. An arch arcs over the front steps. It is flanked by a cut-out window on the left. A large shrub stands behind H. H., Jr. and in front of the building. In the background at left, a neighboring house stands in partial view; it is viewed from the side.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2099. 830 North Ridgewood Place, Hollywood, Calif. May 1944. 1 PFC Henry H.West, Jr., ASN 19028528 on arrival home after 26 months in the Aleutians. 2 Same, with his father H.H.West. 3. Left to right: Mertie West. Miss Norma Bolten. H.H.West, Jr. Miss Bolten drew Hebard's name at Lincoln High School and corresponded with him not knowing who or where he was.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.086394

Latitude

-118.314526

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles