Lola Bidwell pushes Elizabeth West in a stroller, Venice, about 1903

Item Overview

Title

Lola Bidwell pushes Elizabeth West in a stroller, Venice, about 1903

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1903

Date

1903

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Lola Bidwell pushes Elizabeth West in a stroller. She holds an umbrella at an angle. She wears a large hat and a white dress. Elizabeth is sitting up and wears a bonnet. There are utility poles throughout with wires overhead. There is sand at the left.
Lola Bidwell was the cousin of H. H. West's first wife, Mary West. Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) was H. H. West's daughter.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1307. Venice, California, about 1903. 1. Elizabeth West beside the chimney of our cottage Island Ave. 2. Mrs Mary A West and Elizabeth in the surf. 3. A bait boat going out in Santa Monica bay from Venice. 4. Lola Bidwell with Elizabeth West in the baby buggy in front of our house. 5. Lola Bidwell with Elizabeth West in the buggy on the Speedway. 5 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Bidwell, Lola Gertrude, 1881-1958

Location

California--Venice

Resource type

still image