Dottie and Richard Siemsen ride the ferry across the bay, Newport Beach, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Dottie and Richard Siemsen ride the ferry across the bay, Newport Beach, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

January 19, 1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Dottie Siemsen and Richard Siemsen posing while riding the ferry across Newport Bay. Both kids sit on a bench that stretches along the interior perimeter of the ferry. They look to the camera and rest their hands to their laps. Beneath their seats are life preserver storage compartments. In the distance, boats can be seen on the bay at right and houses stand on the shore at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1220. Santa Ana-Balboa, Calif. January 19, 1941. Wayne West drove Al Siemsen, Dottie and Richard Siemsen and H.H.West down to Balboa, California, for a ride from his home 1022 S.Main St., Santa Ana, Calif. 1. On the Balboa ocean front: L to R: Richard Siemsen. Dottie Siemsen. Al Siemsen. Wayne West. 2. Overlooking Balboa Bay, with palms in rear. L to R: Richard Siemsen over under the palm; Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West. 3. Richard Siemsen on trestle. 4. I took Dottie and Richard Siemsen across the bay on the ferry boat. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Ferries--American--California--Newport Beach
Newport Bay (Calif.)

Names

Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929

Location

California--Newport Beach

Resource type

still image