Frances West, Elizabeth West, Irene Schmitz and Chester Schmitz pose at the beach, Venice, [about 1915]

Item Overview

Title

Frances West, Elizabeth West, Irene Schmitz and Chester Schmitz pose at the beach, Venice, [about 1915]

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1915]

Date

1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Per the negative sleeve caption, this photograph was taken around 1910, the same year that Chester Schmitz was born. He looks considerably older than that, maybe about 5 or 6, in this photograph. The other children also look older than what their age would be in 1910. It is more likely that this image was taken around 1915.
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances West, Elizabeth West, Irene Schmitz and Chester Schmitz posing while standing near the surf at Venice beach. The children stand in a row and all look to the camera. The girls are standing together at left and Chester stands separate from them at right. The shoreline stretches behind them at an upward angle from low right towards the left. A small wave laps onto shore behind them. Beachgoers wade in the water in the distance at right. The ocean stretches towards the horizon.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1328. Venice, Calif. About 1910. Mildred Ave cottages. 1. L to R: Elizabeth West. [hand drawn: right facing arrow pointing above Elizabeth West's name] France West. Irene Schmitz. Chester Schmitz. Al Schmitz told me he thought the stout bathing girl in the surf was his sister Lottie Schmitz. 2. L to R: Elizabeth West. Frances West with kelp. Venice pier in rear. [handwritten:] 3 [end handwritten] films. [handwritten:] Santa Monica bluffs { Small film L-R Elizabeth West Chester Schmitz Frances West Irene Schmitz 1910

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Schmitz, Irene, b. 1908
Schmitz, Chester Smith, 1910-1977

Location

California--Venice (Los Angeles)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Venice