Mary West sits on a wooden bench eating lunch with her daughter, Elizabeth West, and her in-laws, George and Wilhelmina West, Venice, about 1903

Item Overview

Title

Mary West sits on a wooden bench eating lunch with her daughter, Elizabeth West, and her in-laws, George and Wilhelmina West, Venice, about 1903

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1903

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mary West sits on a wooden bench eating lunch with her daughter, Elizabeth West, and her in-laws, George and Wilhelmina West. Both women wear large hats. Elizabeth is sitting on the long pile of wood next to the picnic baskets. George and Wilhelmina sit on wooden stumps. There are other wood planks at the right. In the background, there are buildings with scaffolding in front of them and wagons parked in front. There are utility poles and wires throughout.
Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) and his other children. George M. West was H. H. West's father and Wilhelmina Lemberger West was George's wife and H. H. West's mother.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1306. Venice, Calif. About 1903. Venice building. 1. Mrs Mary A West. 2. Mrs Mary A West and Elizabeth West. 3 H. H. West and Elizabeth West. 4. L to R: Mrs Mary A West. Elizabeth West. Mrs George M. West - back to camera. George M. West. Eating lunch on Mildred Ave. 4 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Picnics--California--Venice

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
West, George Miller, 1831-1912
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Venice

Resource type

still image