Subject: Beaches--California--Venice / Location: California--Venice - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: H. H. West's daughter, Frances, stands on the beach with her back to the camera. She wears ribbons in her hair. A man and woman walk by the ocean. The man wears a bathing suit and the woman wears a sweater. There is seaweed scattered on the sand.
Date:: about 1910
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The battleships that the people were waiting for were part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, which passed through Santa Monica Bay on April 25, 1908.
Date:: April 25, 1908
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: People sit on the beach watching the passing fleet of battleships. Steam streams from the ships, which are visible in the distance. The people sit in the sand, on a chair, and on a bench. There is a sign in the sand at the left.
Date:: April 25, 1908
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Based on the ages of Frances West and Elizabeth West in this image, the date has been estimated as about 1908, rather than about 1910.
Date:: [about 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Fannie Mead Biddick and her daughter, Ruth, sit wrapped in a blanket on a bench on the beach. Ruth has a finger in her mouth and wears a bonnet. There is a wooden post next to the bench. There are cottages in the background, as well as utility poles with wires above.
Date:: about 1910
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth and Frances. Guy M. West was H. H. West's brother and Maude Hamilton went on to become Guy's wife.
Date:: [about 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mary West kneels in the sand while Elizabeth and Frances West sit next to her and Maude Hamilton reclines in between. Mary has her hands behind her back. Elizabeth looks off to the left and Frances has a feather in her hair. There are cottages in the background and utility poles with wires throughout.
Date:: [about 1908]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Based on the ages of Frances West and Chester Schmitz in this image, the date has been estimated as about 1915, rather than about 1910.
Date:: [about 1915]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, sits on a pile of sand. She is moving her hands and they are a bit blurry. The West's beach cottage is visible behind her and there are utility poles and wires in the background.
Date:: about 1905
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, walks on a pile of sand. She is in motion and a bit blurry. The West's beach cottage is visible in the background, as are utility poles and wires.
Date:: about 1905
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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