Mertie West poses outside the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses outside the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Photographer

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

Date Created

April, 1945

Date

1945-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing in the tree lawn and posing outside the West's home on North Ridgewood Place. Mertie West stands at center on the grass. She clasps her hands in front of her and holds a purse under her arm as she looks to the camera. A sidewalk to the right of her extends along the right edge and into the distance. Directly behind Mertie, a driveway extends horizontally across the image. To the left of Mertie, North Ridgewood Place enters frame at left and extends back towards center. A car is parked along the curb behind and to the left of Mertie. It is viewed from the rear. Trees line the tree lawn that extends behind Mertie and into the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2118. Los Angeles, Calif. April 1945. 830 N.Ridgewood Place. Mrs H.H.West. 2. P.F.C. Henry H.West, Jr. 3. L. to R.- Ann Roth. H.H.West, Jr. Mertie West. 4. L. to R.- H.H.West, Ann Roth, P.F.C. Henry H.West, Jr. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.086536

Latitude

-118.314564

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles