Alice Shaw and others wash dishes in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Item Overview

Title

Alice Shaw and others wash dishes 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

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus 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. The women stand in the near distance in the middle of the yard. A chair sits in the foreground in the lower left corner. Beyond it at center and extending right, tables are lined up in a row. A small washing tub and dishes sit atop the tables. One unidentified woman at left stands in profile at the head of the tables. She faces right as she washes a dish in the washing tub. Alice Shaw stands behind the tables at center and to the right of the woman at left. She faces slightly towards camera and appears to place at dish onto the table. To the right of her, another woman stands behind the table. She stands in partial view along the right edge. Behind the women and to the right, William H. Shaw's house stands in partial view. Behind the group at left, a low brick wall lines the yard and beyond it, a neighbor's house stands in the background.

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

Subjects

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

Names

Shaw, Alice, 1903-1954

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.084466

Latitude

-118.163789

Resource type

still image