Lester Shaw stands by a chalkboard sign holding firecrackers, Santa Monica, 1901
Item Overview
- Title
- Lester Shaw stands by a chalkboard sign holding firecrackers, Santa Monica, 1901
- Photographer
- West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
- Date Created
- July 4, 1901
- Date
- 1901-07-04
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- West (H. H.) Collection
Notes
- Description
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Lester Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's nephew. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Lester Shaw stands by a chalkboard sign holding firecrackers. Firecrackers also stick out of his pockets. He wears a hat and looks of to his right. The sign lists food, including fish dinner, clam chowder, rice tomato soup, salad, and baked fish. There is a covered patio behind him where people sit on benches. There is a wooden walkway leading up to the patio. American flags fly from the patio and another building is visible behind it.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Shaw, Lester Merle, 1895-1968
- Location
- California--Santa Monica
- Resource type
- still image
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1998_1236_002
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hsqz7
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.