Edwin Emery, Nella West, Mertie Whitaker, and Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger stand on the porch of 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1901

Title: Edwin Emery, Nella West, Mertie Whitaker, and Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger stand on the porch of 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1901
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: [March 31, 1901]
Date: 1901-03-31
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Nella A. West was H. H. West's sister. Pinkie Lemberger (Ellen Lorene Lemberger Warder) was their first cousin. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
This group appears in the same location and clothing in another image (image ark no. 21198/zz002hv24j), negative sleeve #1801, dated March 31, 1901. The date of this image has been changed accordingly.
Edwin Emery, Nella West, Mertie Whitaker, and Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger stand on the porch of 240 South Griffin Avenue. Mr. Emery leans on the porch railing. Ms. Whitaker and Ms. Lemberger look off to the left, while Ms. West stands on a lower step with her arms crossed in front of her and looks at the camera. A sign hanging from the porch reads, "architect and contractor." There are trees on either side of the porch and what may be a mailbox at the bottom of the steps.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1761. Los Angeles, Calif. 240 South Griffin Ave. About 1898. 1. Left to right: Mr Emery of Ottumwa, Ia. Nella West. Mertie Whitaker. Ella Loraine [sic] (Pinkie) Lemberger of Ottumwa, Iowa. 2. Our house at right; Sepulveda's at left. Some rig passing. 2 films.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Emery, Edwin H. 1873-1945
Warder, Ellen Lorene Lemberger, 1874-1936
West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: California--Los Angeles
Longitude: 34.070609
Latitude: -118.21164
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_1761_002
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hv24j
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.