H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942

Title: H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: [November 26, 1942]
Date: 1942-11-26
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table. There is a covered serving dish at the center of the table, as well as candles and various dishes. There is a chair with a magazine on it at the left of the photograph and the edge of an armchair or couch at the right.
Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's second wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother, and Agnes Whitaker was his wife. Josie Shaw was Mertie's sister and Will Shaw (William Henry Shaw) was her husband. Lester Shaw was Will and Josie's son, and Alice Shaw was his wife.
This photograph is flipped, so that the image is backwards and the list of people on the negative sleeve should be read as right to left, instead of left to right.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1925. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue, Thanksgiving Day 1942. 1. 2. Two pictures of our Thanksgiving Duck dinner. I had shot some ducks on the Center Club and we had some guests: Left to right around the table: Wesley W. Witherby, Zetta Witherby, Lester Shaw, Alice Shaw, Mertie Whitaker West, Josie Shaw, Agnes Whitaker, Will Shaw, Forrest Whitaker. Taken in our dining room. Note the two mounted teal ducks on the secretary in upper right corner. 2 films.

Genre: acetate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Shaw, Alice, 1903-1954
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, Lester Merle, 1895-1968
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
Location: California--Los Angeles
Longitude: 34.070608
Latitude: -118.211679
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Thanksgiving Day

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_1925_002
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hvgs5
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.