Gilbert Cecil West stands in uniform on H. H. West's front walk, Los Angeles, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Gilbert Cecil West stands in uniform on H. H. West's front walk, Los Angeles, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

January 11, 1941

Date

1941-01-11

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Gilbert Cecil West posing while standing on the front walk of the H. H. West's home on South Griffin Avenue. Gilbert Cecil West stands in the near distance at center. He is dressed in uniform (military) and stands facing slightly left as he looks to the camera. The walkway extends across the bottom edge of the image. The West's lawn stretches behind the walkway. A neighbor's house stands along the left frame and faces right. Other houses stand behind it, receding into the distance. Behind Gilbert and a few houses down, a large palm tree stands. A sidewalk stretches vertically along the right. South Griffin Avenue runs parallel to it. In the distance at right, cars park along the curb, facing towards the camera.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1913. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue. January 11, 1941. Gilbert Cecil West, son of Everett and Myrtle West of Mt Carmel, Illinois, arrives in Los Angeles, en route to Moffet Air Field, Sunnyvale, near San Jose, California. His buddy with him is William Roscoe Wright. They slept at our home that night. 1. Left to right: Gilbert Cecil West and William Roscoe Wright in front of my Buick, in front of our place. 2. 3. Two pictures of Gilbert Cecil West on our front walk, with Anderson's palm for background. 4. 5. Two pictures of Gilbert Cecil West on our front walk with the rear of our Buick and the other side of Griffin Ave. 5 films. 1 photo of #4

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070929

Latitude

-118.211868

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles
Palms--California--Los Angeles
Lawns--California--Los Angeles