H. H. West sits on a sofa in the parlor of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1899

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West sits on a sofa in the parlor of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1899

Photographer

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

Date Created

1899

Date

1899

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West sits on a sofa in the parlor of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. He wears a hat and holds his gloves on his knee. He holds another item that cannot be identified in his other hand. There are pillows on the sofa and there is a rocking chair at the left. Pictures hang on the wall. The library is visible through the doorway. There are light streaks or scratches at the bottom of the negative.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1781. Los Angeles, California. 240 South Griffin Ave., 1899. 1. H. H. West on the sofa in parlor. 2. H. H. West standing in parlor. 3. Nell's piano in parlor. 4. Looking out the parlor window west across Griffin Avenue. The Penning house was directly across the street. 5. George M. West, with his pipe, in parlor. 6. Vicente Sepulveda in parlor. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parlors--California--Los Angeles