H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934

Photographer

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

Date Created

[about 1934]

Date

1934

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform. West has an arm over Mrs. West's shoulders. He wears tall socks, a sash, and kerchief. Mrs. West wears a hat and a skirt. There are houses and trees behind them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 83. Los Angeles, Calif. About 1934. 2223 Griffin Ave., H. H. West Jr in Boy Scout uniform with Mertie Whitaker West.

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
Boy Scouts of America
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070608

Latitude

-118.211679

Resource type

still image