Nettie Davies, Lizzie Chandler, and Mertie Whitaker sit on the West's front lawn, Los Angeles, about 1900

Item Overview

Title

Nettie Davies, Lizzie Chandler, and Mertie Whitaker sit on the West's front lawn, Los Angeles, about 1900

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Nettie Davies, Lizzie Chandler, and Mertie Whitaker sit on the West's front lawn. All three women wear large hats. The front porch of the West's house is visible at the right with plants growing up the front of the porch. The neighbor's house is visible at the left with bushes around it.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1790. Los Angeles, California. 240 South Griffin Ave., about 1900. 1. 2. H. H. West holding a doll, named Beth, given him for Christmas by Lizzie Chandler or Mertie Whitaker. Sepulveda's house in back ground. 3. Mertie Whitaker on the lawn in front of the front window of the house. 4. Group of 3 on the lawn. Left to right: Nettie Davies. Lizzie Chandler. Mertie Whitaker. 5. George M. West, with cap and whiskers looking like an old sea captain, on our front porch. 5 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Davies, Nettie
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Chandler, Lizzie

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image