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Agnes Whitaker poses with a string of blue gills and crappies, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Agnes Whitaker posing with a string of blues gills and crappies caught during a trip to Big Bear Lake. Agnes Whitaker stands at center, between 2 cars, and looks down towards the fish she holds. The fish dangle from a string that Agnes holds out in front of her. To the left of her, a car (partial view) is parked. It is viewed close-up at an angle from the rear and the side. It faces towards the back of the image. To the right of her, another car (partial view) is parked. It is viewed close-up at an angle from the side, facing towards the back of the image. A pine tree stands in the near distance behind and to the left of Agnes. Tall grasses dotted by pines stretch into the background, where a building sits behind Agnes. Silhouetted hills rise in the far distance.
Date:
September, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Whitaker poses with a string of blue gills and crappies, Big Bear Lake, 1944

A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Photograph of six boys and a man posing for an informal group photograph at Sycamore Park after taking tests for the Boy Scouts. Three boys stand on the left, a man stands center with newspapers and books under his arms, and three boys stand on the right, including H. H. West, Jr. on the far right. They stand on a sidewalk and are surrounded by trees. On the sidewalk near their feet, the shadow of a man wearing a hat is visible towards the center of the photograph.
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931

A guard patrols the park, Long Beach, 1933

Description:
Photograph of a guard (center) patrolling a park (possibly Bixby Park) in Long Beach following the earthquake that struck the area on March 10, 1933. He is dressed in a uniform with a gun slung over his left should. He stands in the middle of a wide, tree-lined walkway with his back to camera. A small child stands ahead of him on the right and walks towards him. A man walks down the left side of the walkway in the distance. A wheelbarrow is parked at right next to a shed that extends out of frame.
Date:
March 17, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A guard patrols the park, Long Beach, 1933

Ahmed Abdulkadir

Description:
SWAHILI: Huyu ni marehemu babake ya Ustadh Mau jina lake Ahmed Abdulkadir. Kwenye picha yuko pamoja na wajukuu wake kutoka mtoto wake wa kike Rabia: Abdulaziz (mtoto anayesimama karibu naye) na Fatma (mtoto wa kike anayembeba). Ahmed Abdulkadir alikuwa mtoto wa mwisho ingawa alitangulia kufariki kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wa afya (1915-1971).<br>ENGLISH: This is Ustadh Mau's father Ahmed Abdulkadir with his grandchildren from his daughter Rabia: Abdulaziz (the boy standing on his right-hand side) and Fatma (the girl in his arms). Ahmed Abdulkadir was the last born but passed away earlier due to healthy problems (1915-1971).
Date:
circa 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Ahmed Abdulkadir

A horse pushes a trolley along the tracks of the Mt. Lowe Scenic Railway mule train, Los Angeles County, 1932

Description:
Photograph of a horse pushing a Mt. Lowe Scenic Railway mule train trolley car along the tracks at Mount Lowe. People sit aboard a trolley that rides along the rails in the near distance at right. A horse, viewed from behind, is hitched to the near side of the trolley car and pushes the car along the tracks. The tracks start at center and curve to the right and out of frame. A sign on the roof of the trolley car reads, "Please Keep Away From HERBERT THE MULE He C???S No Petting." Two fairly identical signs stand at left on the trail. They read, "MT.LOWE Scenic Railway Mule Train ('Herbert' on Duty) ROUTE FROM INSPIRATION POINT TO PANORAMA POINT A WONDERFUL SCENIC TRIP THU EATON CANYON ABOUT 3 MILES TAKES 35 MINUTES FARE ROUND TRIP 35¢ CHILDREN 20¢ PERFECTLY SAFE NO GRADES DO NOT MISS IT THE MULE PUSHES THE CAR BOTH WAYS TO KEEP [???] THE DUST & TO UNOBSTRUCT THE VIEW O.M. & M. [???]." A hill stands behind the trolley and beyond that and to the right, a communications tower stands in the distance.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A horse pushes a trolley along the tracks of the Mt. Lowe Scenic Railway mule train, Los Angeles County, 1932

Aksobhya

Description:
This illustration shows Akshobhya who in Mahayana and Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, is one of the five “self-born” Buddhas. Akshobhya translates to “Immovable” or “Imperturbable”; the name given to the buddha of the East because he is imperturbable in following his vow to proceed to buddhahood.
Date:
November 1966
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Dayasaran
Collection:
AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology Negatives & Slides
Aksobhya

Alamo Gun Club club house at Crane (or Quail) Lake, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Description:
Photograph of the clubhouse for the Alamo Gun Club near Quail Lake. It sits back behind tall grasses and in front of trees. The clubhouse is a ranch style dwelling with a front porch on the right. A scarecrow stands to the right of the house and a ladder is propped up against the right side of the house. A tractor sits in the background at left.
Date:
[1910-1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alamo Gun Club club house at Crane (or Quail) Lake, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Alamo Gun Club members and members of Jim Jeffries' hunting party stand outside the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Gene Parker, Ed Hopperstead, Dave F. Smith, Jim Jeffries, Mark Bailey, Bill MacNider and Roger Stearns posing for a group photograph outside the front porch of the Alamo Gun Club clubhouse at Crane (Quail) Lake. Parker, Hopperstead, Smith, Jeffries, MacNider and Stearns stand in a row. Mark Bailey holds a gun and crouches down in front of Jeffries and MacNider.
Date:
[1910-1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alamo Gun Club members and members of Jim Jeffries' hunting party stand outside the clubhouse, Gorman vicinity, circa 1910s

Al and Elizabeth Siemsen's residence, viewed from the southwest, Glendale, 1942

Description:
A distant and angled view of the Siemsen residence in Glendale. It is viewed from the southwest and looking towards the hills in the northeast. The house sits on the opposite side of the street at left and is obscured by trees in both the front yard and a neighboring yard. H. H. West's Buick is parked in the street in front of the house and faces towards the camera. From left to right, Elizabeth Siemsen, Mertie West and Dottie Siemsen stand around some hedges in front of the house (distant view). The street stretches to the right towards the distant hills.
Date:
May, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al and Elizabeth Siemsen's residence, viewed from the southwest, Glendale, 1942

Al and Harry Schmitz stand by their tent, Tuolumne Meadows, about 1922

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Al Schmitz standing by the tent in their camp at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The campsite is nestled among a grove of pines. A tree trunk rises alongside the left frame in the foreground. Beyond it stands the group's large, striped tent. Harry Schmitz and Al Schmitz stand in the near distance at center and to the right of the tent. A table stands to their right. Harry stands slightly further back at left and faces towards the camera. Al stands slightly more forward and closer to the table; he faces towards the right. Both seem to occupy themselves with a task. Beyond the trees surrounding their camp, a meadow stretches into the distance. A low hill stands in the far distance.
Date:
[circa 1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al and Harry Schmitz stand by their tent, Tuolumne Meadows, about 1922

Albanian Photographic and Graphic Art Collection

Description:
The Albanian National Film Archive (AQSHF) has digitized a curated selection of materials from the photographic and graphic art collections that includes costume and set design sketches, animation slides and production stills, allowing viewers to trace the journey of Albanian visual artists.
Date:
1948-2019

Albert Schmitz crouching next to the camp stove, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph of Al Schmitz crouching next to the camp stove in his group's campsite near Silver Lake. Al Schmitz crouches at center and is viewed in profile; he faces towards the right. The stove sits on the ground at right, in front of Albert. Three pots sit atop the stove's burners. A wire rack sits in front of the stove. Behind and to the left of Albert lies a pile of broken branches and sticks. Bushes stand at center behind Albert and the stove. A mountain rises in the far distance.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Albert Schmitz crouching next to the camp stove, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Albert Schmitz hiking the trail along Agnew Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Description:
Distant photograph of Albert Schmitz standing near the trail that tracks alongside Agnew Lake. Scrub brush stands in the foreground at left and center. A rocky trail runs alongside it at right. Beyond the brush, Albert Schmitz stands in the near distance and looks to the camera. Agnew Lake sits behind him at the base of a mountainside. In the distance at left, a mountain rises. A waterfall at right cascades down a mountainside and into Lake Agnew.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Albert Schmitz hiking the trail along Agnew Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Albert Schmitz walking through the campsite in the Aspens, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph looking into H. H. West and company's campsite in the Aspens near Silver Lake as Albert Schmitz walks into the camp. A grassy pathway runs through the center of the image towards the campsite. A car is parked on each side of the pathway in the foreground. The wheel of one car is visible on the right and the rear end of another car enters the frame at left. Albert Schmitz walks in the near distance at center with his back to the camera. He carries something in one hand as he approaches the campsite. The campsite sits among the trees in the near distance. A tent stands behind a tree, left-of-center, and a tarp hovers above and in front of it. A clothesline and a tire are in the camp at right. Another tent stands at left and is obscured by the shrubbery. Beyond the trees, a mountain rises in the far distance.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Albert Schmitz walking through the campsite in the Aspens, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Aldous and Laura Huxley Papers, 1925-2007

Description:
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was a prolific writer of novels, essays, poetry, criticism, and screenplays. The Aldous Huxley Papers portion of the collection consists correspondence between Aldous Huxley and publishers Harper & Row, personal correspondence, holographic notes, literary manuscripts and personal effects. Laura Archera Huxley (1911-2007) was a musician, author, psychological counselor and lecturer. The materials in the collection that comprise the personal papers of Laura Archer Huxley include personal correspondence, holographic and typewritten notes, manuscripts, collected articles and clippings and interviews. As well, there are photographs and audiovisual recordings of both Aldous Huxley and Laura Archera Huxley.
Date:
[between 1925 and 1963]