William Mead stands on the front porch of the West's house with the West family and the neighbor's maid, Los Angeles, about 1900

Item Overview

Title

William Mead stands on the front porch of the West's house with the West family and the neighbor's maid, Los Angeles, about 1900

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1900

Date

1900

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Wilson D. West and Wayne West were H. H. West's brother. William P. Mead was their first cousin. Mr. and Mrs. George M. West (Wilhelmina Lemberger West) were their parents.
William Mead stands on the front porch of the West's house with the West family and the neighbor's maid. Mead wears a hat and leans on a cane. Mr. West smokes a pipe. There is a vase of flowers next to Mead, and there is a glass vase with water in it on the post at the bottom of the stairs. There is a small box on the stairs. The house number "240" is visible above the door. The neighbor's house is visible at the left.
According to negative sleeve #1767, Vicente worked for the Sepulveda family (who were the West's neighbors), but her last name was not Sepulveda.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1796. Los Angeles, California. 240 South Griffin Ave. about 1900. 1. Left to right: George M. West. Mrs George M. West. Vicente Sepulveda. Will P. Mead with plug hat. Wayne W. West sitting in chair. Wilson D. West on post. 1 film.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927
West, George Miller, 1831-1912
Mead, William P., 1871-1906
West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965
West, Wilson Darby, 1884-1942

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070609

Latitude

-118.21164

Resource type

still image