H. H. West, Jr. and Walter Burgess pose on the parkway outside H. H. West's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. and Walter Burgess pose on the parkway outside H. H. West's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 19, 1945

Date

1945-08-19

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Jr. and Walter Burgess posing on the tree lawn outside H. H. West's home along North Ridgewood Place on H. H. West, Jr.'s wedding day. Both men stand in the grass of the tree lawn, left-of-center, and wear their military uniforms. They both smile to the camera. North Ridgewood Place extends on an upward angle through the image from left to right behind the 2 men. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2134. Los Angeles, 830 North Ridgewood Place, August 19, 1945. The day of Hebard's wedding to Ann Roth. [handwritten text:] gave these to Walter Oct 17, 1946 [end handwritten text] [drawn circle around typed list items "1" and "2"] 1. Walter Burgess beside car. 2. Walter and Dottie Burgess. 3. H.H.West,Jr. and Walter Burgess. 4. H.H.West and Walter Burgess. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Burgess, Walter F., 1919-1980

Location

34.086536
California--Los Angeles

Latitude

-118.314564

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Weddings--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles