Richard Siemsen, Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West stand on the ocean front, Newport Beach, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Richard Siemsen, Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West stand on the ocean front, 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 Richard Siemsen, Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West standing on a rock-lined ocean front. The group stands on a cape that juts out into the ocean. Dottie Siemsen stands nearest to camera at left. She faces towards the left, but turns her head to the camera. Behind her and to the left, Richard Siemsen stands on the rocks with his back to the camera as he gazes out over the water. Al Siemsen stands behind and to the right of Dottie. He too stands with his back to the camera, but casts his gaze down to the ground in front of him. Further back and to the far right, Wayne West stands. He is in profile and faces left, gazing towards the water. The cape extends behind the group and into the distance along the right half of the image. At the far end of the point, a couple stands and gazes out over the water. Behind Wayne, a small shack and tower stand. Water spans the space between the cape and the left frame while stretching into the distance.

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

Newport Bay (Calif.)
Capes (Coasts)--California

Names

Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Siemsen, Alfred, 1906-1966
West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965
Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929

Location

California--Newport Beach

Resource type

still image