George M. West sits at the table in the library of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1897

Item Overview

Title

George M. West sits at the table in the library of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1897

Photographer

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

Date Created

1897

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

George M. West sits at the table in the library of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. He smokes a pipe and wears glasses. The table is covered with a cloth and topped with papers. The lower shelf has other papers on it. At the right of the table there is another small table with a lamp on it. A fireplace is in the background with pictures on the mantel and above it. At the right there are other chairs and there is a bookshelf in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1755. Los Angeles, Calif. 240 South Griffin Ave. 1897. 1. The stairway from the front room. 2. The library and mantel from front room. 3. Another view of the library from front room, with more of the front room shown. 4. The library, mantel and book case from the front room. The book case was made by father out of oak dining table extension boards that I bot [sic] cheap from The Heywood-Wakefield Co., where Guy West worked. 5. Father writing at the library table. 6. Nell's piano in corner of front room. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Libraries (Rooms & spaces)--California--Los Angeles

Names

West, George Miller, 1831-1912

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image