William Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen in front of a roadside restaurant, Claremont, 1942

Item Overview

Title

William Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen in front of a roadside restaurant, Claremont, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

March 29, 1942

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

William Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen in front of a roadside restaurant in Claremont. A sign in the background reads, "Dinners Sandwiches." There are also cars parked in the background.
Mertie West was H. H. West's wife, and Josie Shaw was her sister. William Shaw was Josie Shaw's husband. Dorothea Siemsen was H. H. and Mertie West's granddaughter.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 28. Claremont, Calif. March 29, 1942. We stop for lunch alongside road. Left to right: Will Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, Dorothea Siemsen. The restaurant. 2 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Claremont

Resource type

still image