Decorated dresser standing in the corner of H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom on Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1944

Item Overview

Title

Decorated dresser standing in the corner of H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom on Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1944

Photographer

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

Date Created

April, 1944

Date

1944-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a dresser standing in H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom at the West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The dresser stands in the corner of the room in the near distance at center and faces towards the camera. It contains 3 rows of drawers. Photographic portraits and objects sit atop the dresser. Above the dresser, a mirror hangs on the wall and patriotic decor hangs below the mirror. To the left of the dresser, portraits, from left to right, of Capt. Wifrid M. Cline and Dottie Siemsen Burgess hang from the left wall. To the right of the dresser, a light bulb hangs down near the dresser. To the right of it, the edge of the door stands along the right frame. A corner of the bed is visible in the lower right corner in the foreground.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2095. Los Angeles, California, 2223 Griffin Avenue, April 1944. 1. The new sign erected in front of the place. 2. Richard Siemsen in front yard with H.H.West Buick in background. 3. Rear bedroom, - Hebard's old room- showing the dresser in the corner with decorations. At upper left is a framed photo of Capt.Wilfrid M. Cline, A.C.O-917733, 16th C.C.U., A.A.F., A.P.O.627, Care Postmaster New York City. Next to it, over behind the flowers is a large photo of Dottie Siemsen Burgess. On dresser, at left is a "Weather Barometer["] A vase, a small flag, some artifical [sic] flowers, a calla lily painted by some friend of Frances West Wells in Anc orage [sic], Alaska, and sent us for Christmas present - over -

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
still image
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070924

Latitude

-118.211981

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Photographs
Clothes chests--California--Los Angeles
Bedrooms--California--Los Angeles