Mary West and Frances West stand in the water wearing bathing suits, Venice, about 1910

Item Overview

Title

Mary West and Frances West stand in the water wearing bathing suits, Venice, about 1910

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1910

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children. Frances West (Frances Lucille West Wells) was their daughter.
Mary West and Frances West stand in the water wearing bathing suits. Mrs. West's hands are on Frances's chest. Frances is smiling. There are other swimmers in the background and the shore is visible at the right. In the background, the Abbot Kinney Pier is visible with the Ship Café at the far left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1327. Venice, Calif. about 1910. Mildred ave cottage. 1. The Ship Café on the pier. 2. Our cottage facing Mildred, and at extreme right is the little 3-room cottage facing the alley. 3. Front view of the front cottage. 4. H. H. Cooper sitting on porch. Frances and Elizabeth West on sand. 5. A close up of same. 6. Mary A West with Frances West in surf. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Wading--California--Venice
Amusement piers--California--Venice

Names

Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Venice

Longitude

33.984013

Latitude

-118.47584

Resource type

still image