Alice Shaw washes a salad bowl in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Item Overview

Title

Alice Shaw washes a salad bowl in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 4, 1945

Date

1945-07-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Alice Shaw and 2 unidentified women washing dishes in the rear yard of William H. Shaw's home in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. Two women stand in the foreground and are turned away from camera. One stands in partial view along the right edge with her back to the camera. The other woman stands at left, also in partial view along the edge, in profile, facing right, and looking back towards center. She holds a dish in a small tub in front of her. Between the 2 women, a table sits in the middle of the yard. Dishes and a washing tub sit atop it. Beyond the table, Alice Shaw stands at center in the middle of the yard. She faces towards the camera, but looks down to as she dries a large salad bowl. Behind her and to the right, William H. Shaw's house stands in partial view.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2131. El Serreno [sic], Calif. Home of W.H. Shaw, July 4, 1945. Rear yard. Alice Shaw (Mrs Lester Shaw) with salad bowl. Other film no good. 2 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Alice, 1903-1954

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.084466

Latitude

-118.163789

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dishwashing--California--Los Angeles
Yards--California--Los Angeles
Fourth of July celebrations--California--Los Angeles