Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Photographer

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

Date Created

December, 1944

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Richard Siemsen standing in front of the Mobile Radio Station display while attending the "Shot from the Sky" exhibit near Gilmore Stadium. Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand side-by-side at center. Mertie stands leftmost of the two. She faces and looks to the right. Richard stands to the right of her and looks to the camera. Behind them a sign for Mobile Radio Station stands. It reads, "[MOB]ILE RADIO STATION [...GE] OF 2300 MIL[...] [...D] UP TO 50 MI. PER [...] [CO]UNTERPART AMONG [...]." To the left of that display sign, 3 people gather behind Mertie at a booth. A sign over the booth reads, "BUY A WAR BOND GET A WAR JOB." Another display sign sits to the left of the booth people. It reads, "[TH]E U S ARMY S[IGNAL] [...] PRESEN[TS] THE S. C. R. [...] [???ATES] AIR AN[D] [...] [R]ETURNED [...] [R]ADIO EQU[...] IN NORTH AFRICA EXCLUSIVELY BY T[...] Chicag[o] [...]." Flags and antennae rise above and behind the displays at left. In the distance at right, military trucks and stadiums stand in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2115. "Shot from the Sky" Exhibit at Gilmore Park, Los Angeles, California, December 1944. 1. Richard Siemsen standing in front of the German Junker plane. 2. Richard Siemsen and Mertie West in front of a plane exhibit. 3. Mertie West and Richard Siemsen in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image