Wilhelmina West, Guy West, and H. H. Cooper sit around a table, Los Angeles, 1897

Item Overview

Title

Wilhelmina West, Guy West, and H. H. Cooper sit around a table, 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

Guy West was H. H. West's brother. Wilhelmina Lemberger West was their mother.
Wilhelmina West, Guy West, and H. H. Cooper sit around a table. Cooper smokes a cigar and looks at the camera with his hands crossed in front of himself. Guy West holds a newspaper and smokes a long pipe. There are dishes, bottles, and food on the table. The telephone is on the wall at the left. There is a pocket door behind Mrs. West, which is partially open, revealing another room with bookshelves and objects propped on shelves.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1757. Los Angeles, California. 240 Griffin Ave., 1897. 1. Mrs George M. West (behind the stein lid), Guy M. West with a long steam pipe, and H. H. Cooper facing the camera with cigar in mouth. 2. Same group with slight change in position. 3. The same table from another angle: At left is Wayne W. West; across the table at left is Guy M. West with pipe; H. H. Cooper facing the camera, and George M. West at close range. Taken in our dining room. The telephone may be seen just above mother's head by the door. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Dining rooms--California--Los Angeles

Names

West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927
Cooper, Harry Hershey, 1855-1928
West, Guy Mark, b. 1879

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image