Mertie, Myrtle, and Evert West stand in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Mertie, Myrtle, and Evert West stand in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Evert West was H. H. West's second cousin once removed. Myrtle West was Evert's wife. Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife.
Mertie, Myrtle, and Evert West stand in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. All three wear hats. Mertie holds her purse under her arm. Myrtle is looking at Mertie and smiling. The poster behind them is for the movie The Big Star, starring Tony Martin and the Marx Brothers.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1975. Los Angeles, California. Hollywood. July 1941. 1. Left to right: H. H. West, Everett [sic] West. 2. Left to right: Mertie West, Myrtle West, Everett [sic] West. Taken in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. 2 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w acetate negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Myrtle, 1887-1965
West, Evert, 1885-1945
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.101765

Latitude

-118.340882

Resource type

still image