Whitaker family gathers in Alhambra Park, Alhambra, about 1930

Item Overview

Title

Whitaker family gathers in Alhambra Park, Alhambra, about 1930

Photographer

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

Date Created

[about 1930]

Date

1930

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West's second wife, Mertie Whitaker West, was a member of the Whitaker family.
Whitaker family gathers in Alhambra Park. They stand in front of a large palm tree. A child on a bike is visible at the left of the photograph.
The negative sleeve identifies only 16 people, though 18 people are in the photograph. The correct identifications, based on other photographs, may be: Standing L to R: H. H. West, Will H. Shaw, Wes W. Witherby, Josie Shaw, Abraham Whitaker, Marion Athearn, Zetta Witherby, Agnes Whitaker, Hattie Whitaker, Romayne Shaw. Sitting L to R: Mertie West, Glenn Whitaker, Guy Whitaker, Eleanor Shaw, Edith Shaw, H. H. West Jr., Shirelyana Shaw, Everett Shaw

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 34. Alhambra Park about 1930. Standing left to right: H. H. West, Will H Shaw, Wes W Witherby, Josie Shaw, A. Whitaker, Marion Athearn, Zetta Witherby, Mertie West. Sitting: L to R; Hattie Whitaker, Glen [sic] Whitaker, Edith Shaw, Eleanor Shaw, H. H. West Jr., Shirleyana Shaw, Everett Shaw.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Whitaker, Glenn Guy, 1919-1998
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Athearn, Marion Agnes Whitaker, 1906-1989
Shaw, Everett, 1906-1996
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Whitaker, George Guy, 1886-1950
Whitaker, Hattie Sutton Morgan, 1886-1982
Shaw, Edith Bowen, 1901-1985
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Laird, Eleanor Charlotte Shaw, 1920-2005
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Shaw, Romayne Richard, 1899-1972
Kaparoff, Shirliana Shaw, b. 1926
Whitaker, Abraham, 1848-1934

Location

California--Alhambra

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Alhambra Park (Alhambra, Calif.)
Families--American--California--Alhambra