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Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Members of the Woman's Relief Corps and additional participants at a tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home. A woman stands at the fore of the group holding a small box and an open program or leaflet. Six women wearing light-colored attire stand behind her, with five of the six women bearing flags over their right shoulders. Each woman wears a badge on her chest (some are Woman's Relief Corps badges with the characteristic Maltese cross attached to a ribbon and bar pin). The group is joined by several men and women. One man standing at far right holds a document with title, "Commemorative Tree Marker," followed by illegible text and an image of a rectangular plaque (inscription begins with "This Tree"). The photo was possibly taken on Veterans Day, November 11, 1938.
Date:
May 2, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Woman's Relief Corps tree dedication ceremony at the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Los Angeles, 1938

Woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. She faces the left. Her hand is up to her chest and she holds on to her purse and what may be gloves. She wears a hat and glasses. There is a man with his back to the camera at the left. There are other people in the background, as well as trees. H. H. West's shadow is visible in the foreground.
Date:
February 25, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Wolfe & Sons furniture building stands along North Broadway, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Photograph of the new Wolfe & Sons furniture store on the site of the old La Crescenta building along North Broadway (formerly Downey Avenue). North Broadway spans the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. The new Wolfe building sits along the right side of the street, facing slightly left. A car is parked in front of the building, right-of-center. The art deco-styled building is partitioned into thirds. Each is lined with windows along the first floor. Shorter windows span the second floor. "WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO." occupies the rightmost segment of the building. A sign hangs in the upper window and reads, "[...] TIRE SALE [...]!" Wolfe & Sons furniture occupies the center and left segments of the building. An awning hangs over the sidewalk in the center of the business and a large vertical sign rises from it. The sign reads, "WOLFE & SONS." Sitting atop this sign is a horizontally oriented sign which reads, "FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES." Signs hang in the windows across the first floor. At far left, a vertical sign hangs from the corner of the building, it reads, "FURNITURE."
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wolfe & Sons furniture building stands along North Broadway, Los Angeles, 1940

W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. pose outside H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of William L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front lawn of H. H. West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. The group stands in a row in the near distance at center. All look to the camera. They stand on the lawn, just behind the front walkway. The walkway stretches across the image in front of them. It widens as it approaches the right. Behind them and to the left, North Ridgewood Place enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. Houses line both sides of the street as it approaches the distance.
Date:
May, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. pose outside H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1947

W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. Mr. and Mrs. Longstreet are seen in profile at the center of the photo. He holds his hands in front of himself. She wears a tall, white. The three men at the front wear hats and three piece suits. Mr. Roberts wears a ribbon on his lapel. There are other people in the background, as well as trees.
Date:
February 24, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. J. Roberts, Sam Longstreet, Cosette Longstreet, and John Ashby at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1940