West family poses at 2223 Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

West family poses at 2223 Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1934

Photographer

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

Date Created

1934

Date

1934

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

West family poses at 2223 Griffin Avenue. The house is visible behind the family, along with bushes. The seated people are cut off slightly at the bottom of the photograph.
Mertie West was H. H. West's wife, and Abraham Whitaker was her father. Wilson, Guy, Nella, and Wayne West were H. H. West's siblings. Maude Hamilton was Guy's wife, Maud Foreman was Wayne's wife (and Anna Pike Foreman was her mother), and Eleanor West was Wilson's wife. Richard D. West was Wilson and Eleanor's son.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 78. Los Angeles, Calif., Decoration Day 1934. 2223 Griffin Ave. L to R: Standing- Abraham Whitaker, Wilson West, Maud [sic] Hamilton West, Maud Foreman West, Guy West, Mrs G W Foreman, Nella A West, Eleanor West. Sitting: H. H. West, Richard D West, Wayne West, Mertie West.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Foreman, Anna Pike, 1852-1949
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941
West, Maud Foreman, 1885-1976
West, Martha Eleanor Lown, 1888-1977
West, Guy Mark, b. 1879
West, Richard Darwin, 1924-2010
Whitaker, Abraham, 1848-1934
West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965
West, Maude Hamilton
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
West, Wilson Darby, 1884-1942

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070608

Latitude

-118.211679

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Families--American--California--Los Angeles