Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 7, 1948

Date

1948-08-07

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing near a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. At center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind the bench and to the left, Mertie West stands and looks to the camera. At right, a woman with a clipboard stands beneath a tree. A grove of trees stands across the background and more picnic attendees mill about in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2392. Iowa State picnic Lincoln Park Los Angeles, Calif., August 7, 1948. [handwritten check mark] 1. Montgomery County headquarters . Lady with flat black hat and back to camera is Mrs Ralph Hiatt, nee Broadby [sic]. [handwritten check mark] 2. Close up. Mrs Hiatt has tuerned [sic] sidewise [sic] to camera. [handwritten check mark] 3. Closer up. She is at left of the grou [sic] group. Others not identified. [handwritten check mark] 4. Bench under Montgomery Co.tree. Mrs H.H.West standing behind end of bench. [handwritten check mark] 5. Close up of Mrs H.H.West facing camera. [handwritten check mark] 6. Mr and Mrs H.H.West, with Montgomery County sign facing camera.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Iowa Association of Southern California

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Picnics--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles