Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in the Wests' front yard, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in the Wests' front yard, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

October, 1948

Date

1948-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing in the Wests' front yard on North Ridgewood Place. Mertie West stands nearest to camera at left. She looks to the camera while holding a camera in its bag. Behind and to the right of her, Josie Shaw stands in partial view. She looks down as she reaches her hand towards Will Shaw. Will Shaw stands rightmost and looks to the camera. The Wests' front yard stretches behind them. At right, the West residence stands in partial view along the right edge. A porch juts forward from the front of the building and is framed by an archway. In the background, neighboring houses stand in row that extends back towards the left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2404. 830 '#0 N. Ridgewood Place, Hollywood, October 1948. 1. Mr and Mrs W.H.Shaw 2. Mr and Mrs W.H.Shaw, Mertie West, 3 and 4. Two fotos [sic] Tommy Newquest [sic] [handwritten:] To Bacon 7/'55 --- [end handwritten] [hand drawn circle around "5"] 5. Madeline Bacon, Unknown girl, Tommy Newquest [sic] [hand drawn circle around "6"] 6. Madeline Bacon and playmate 7. The Newquests [sic] - Rudy, His mother and wife, and two cousins.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.086372

Latitude

-118.314532

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Families--American--California--Los Angeles
Lawns--California--Los Angeles