Richard Siemsen, Walter Burgess, Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth Siemsen and H. H. West pose outside the Siemsen residence, Glendale, 1943

Item Overview

Title

Richard Siemsen, Walter Burgess, Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth Siemsen and H. H. West pose outside the Siemsen residence, Glendale, 1943

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Date Created

May, 1943

Date

1943-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of: Richard Siemsen, Walter Burgess, Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth Siemsen and H. H. West posing in front of the Siemsen's home on Los Encinos Avenue in Glendale. The group is viewed close-up and stand in a row in front of the Siemsen's house. They all wrap their arms behind one another and look to the camera. Walter Burgess is dressed in a military uniform. Behind them, shrubbery obscures the house and a window sits behind Elizabeth.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1993. Glendale, California. May 1943. Residence of Al Siemsen, 1811 Los Encinos Ave. L to R: Richard Siemsen. Walter Burgess. Dorothea Siemsen. Elizabeth Siemsen. Mertie West. Same group, except H.H.West at extreme right instead of Mertie West, who took the picture.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Burgess, Walter F., 1919-1980
Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929

Location

California--Glenadale

Longitude

34.188165

Latitude

-118.225159

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Military personnel--American--California--Glendale
Families--American--California--Glendale