Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

December 9, 1948

Date

1948-12-09

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

View of Mertie West, with her sister-in-law, Agnes, and brother, Forrest Whitaker, beside a Ford automobile attached to a Main Line Silver Lark trailer on the curb outside of the Whitaker house on the day that they left on a trip to Mexico (with Mertie's husband, H. H. West, who probably took the photograph).

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2409. Mexican trip December 9 to 22 incl. 1948. 1770 miles. Start at residence F. M. Whitaker, 314 South Virgil Ave., Los Angeles, Thursday Dec. 9., 1 F. M. Whitaker, Ford and Main Line Silver Lark trailer. 2 Same with L to R: Mrs. H. H. West, Agnes Whitaker, F. M. Whitaker. 3 Traveling on desert. F. M. Whitaker in doorway. 4 On desert in front of Saguaro of giant cactus. L to R: Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West. 5 Ford and trailer on desert road. 6 "old Man" cactus. Fred Hawley at left. F. M. Whitaker in background. Near Ajo, Ariz.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Names

Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Los Agneles

Longitude

34.06861

Latitude

-118.286681

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mobile homes