Gilbert Cecil West and his friend pose together, Los Angeles, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Gilbert Cecil West and his friend pose together, Los Angeles, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Gilbert Cecil West was the son of Evert and Myrtle West, and H. H. West's second cousin twice removed.
Gilbert Cecil West and his friend pose together. West holds a pipe and has his other hand in his pocket. His friend has his hands behind his back and wears glasses. There is a large palm tree behind them. There are houses visible at the left and other trees beyond. There are power wires above and a car parked down the street.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1920. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue, September 1941. Gilbert Cecil West gets a furlough from Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, San Jose, California and come down with a buddy to visit us. 1. 2. Two pictures, left to right: Gilbert Cecil West. His buddy - forget his name. Staid [sic] all night with us. 2 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070608

Latitude

-118.211679

Resource type

still image