Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

Item Overview

Title

Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table, Los Angeles, 1943

Photographer

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

Date Created

May 8, 1943

Date

1943-05-08

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Vase of flowers, cards, and a mug that reads "Mother" on the West's dining room table. There are three chairs set around the table. There is a cabinet at the left topped with a painting, a duck, and other objects. There are magazines piled at the bottom of the cabinet and two chairs next to it. At the right, there is a sideboard with candlesticks and other objects on top and a mirror hanging above it. A curtain hangs in the doorway at the back.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1995. 2223 Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, California. May 8, 1943. Mother's Day bouquet to Mertie West from H. H. West Jr in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. 1. 2 negatives taken outside house. Richard Siemsen on steps. 2. 2 views of bouquet on the dining room table. 3. 2 views of our rear yard showing cutting down of wisteria vine.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070608

Latitude

-118.211679

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dining rooms--California--Los Angeles
Mother's Day