Frances and Elizabeth West stand on a front lawn, Los Angeles, about 1907

Item Overview

Title

Frances and Elizabeth West stand on a front lawn, 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, stand on a front lawn. Both girls hold pieces of fruit and Elizabeth holds what may be a piece of paper in her other hand. Both girls have bows in their hair. Elizabeth wears a belt. There are houses, buildings, trees, and utility poles with wires in the background. A girl walks on the sidewalk. A sign in the background reads, "Lasco."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1839. Los Angeles, California. 133 South Daly Street, about 1907. 1. The old York place, later owned by the Vickerys, then by us. Mrs Mary A. West, Elizabeth and Frances West on the front steps. 2. 3. Two pictures of Frances West, left and Elizabeth West, right, taken on the front step. Baxter's house behind them. The Presbyterian church in rear of the tree. 4. L to R: Frances West, Elizabeth West on the lawn. Chapman's house across the street behind the pole. 4 films.

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