Frances and Elizabeth West sit on the back steps of a house with a teddy bear between them, Los Angeles, about 1907

Item Overview

Title

Frances and Elizabeth West sit on the back steps of a house with a teddy bear between them, Los Angeles, about 1907

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1907

Date

1907

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West's daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, sit on the back steps of a house with a teddy bear between them. Frances has her finger on her nose and Elizabeth has her hand up to her mouth. Elizabeth wears dark tights and has a bow in her hair. The teddy bear is upside down on the step. The door to the house is visible at the top of the stairs. There are bushes, a fence, and a clothes line visible at the left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1838. Los Angeles, California. 133 South Daly Street, about 1907. 1. 2. Two pictures of Elizabeth West and a Teddy Bear, taken on the rear steps. 3. 4. Two pictures of Elizabeth West and Frances West, taken same time and place, with the Teddy Bear. This Teddy Bear is the one that caused me to call Frances "Teddy." It was shortened to "Ted" and has stuck to her thru life. Frances West is the youngest in the pictures. 4. films. 1 photograph of Elizabeth West.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Teddy bears