Elizabeth West, Edmond Mead, Frances West and Paul Mead pose with other children on the beach in front of Venice pier, Venice, about 1910

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth West, Edmond Mead, Frances West and Paul Mead pose with other children on the beach in front of Venice pier, Venice, about 1910

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1910]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the West girls and Mead boys standing in a row with other children and posing at the beach in front of the Venice amusement pier. Nine children, including the 2 West girls and the 2 Mead boys stand in a row near the surf and with their backs towards the south side of the pier; all look to the camera. Elizabeth West stands second from the left. Edmond Mead stands at center. Frances West stands to the right of him and Paul Mead stands to the right of Frances. The water approaches the shore at left and the shoreline extends on an angle towards the pier, which stretches across the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1330. Venice, Calif. About 1910. Mildred Ave cottages. 1. L to R: Small unknown boy. Elizabeth West. Two unknown children. Edmond Mead. Frances West. Paul Mead. Two unknown children. 2. Same group. Sena Mead (Mrs William Mead) standing at right with Paul Mead next. That may be Edmond Mead next to him. Elizabeth West is stooping second from extreme left. Venice Pier in background. 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Beaches--California--Venice
Amusement piers--California--Venice

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Mead, Paul
Mead, Edmond

Location

California--Venice (Los Angeles)

Longitude

33.984991

Latitude

-118.474266

Resource type

still image