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Mertie Whitaker cooking on the beach near Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West bending over the camp stove and cooking on the beach. She is hunched over with her back to the camera and facing to the left. To the left, a camping stove sits on the ground. A few pots sit on the stove top. Mertie holds a small pot in one hand and stirs food in a pot on the stove. Behind her and the stove, a car (partial view) is parked on the beach; it faces towards the background. The beach stretches behind Mertie on the right.
Date:
[circa 1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker cooking on the beach near Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby stand around their campsite at Abalone Point, Laguna Beach, 1924

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of Mertie Whitaker, Zetta Witherby and an unknown male standing around the camping party's tents at Abalone Point. Mertie stands in profile at center and faces to the left. Zetta stands behind and to the left of her. She looks to the left. A young man stands behind and to the left of Zetta under the tent. Behind Zetta and Mertie, the tent stands, open on the side facing camera. At right, camping gear is visible inside the tent.
Date:
1924
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby stand around their campsite at Abalone Point, Laguna Beach, 1924

Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby leaving a gas station, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby leaving a gas station and walking towards the camera after taking a stop on their way home from Rincon Point. They walk, in the near distance, left-of-center, across a roadway and facing towards the camera. A light post stands behind them and to the right. Beyond the light post, the station (partial view) stands to the right. A man tends to a car parked at the station. A sign above the carport reads, "UNIO[N] [G]ASOLINE." A couple of cars are parked at left behind the women. Slivers of mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
Date:
[circa 1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby leaving a gas station, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan ride in a horse-drawn carriage, Fresno, 1901

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan riding in a carriage. The carriage is viewed from the side and is facing left. Mertie sits on the far side of the carriage and holds the horses reins. Lelia sits on the near side and faces left. A horse walks ahead of the carriage on the left and turns its head downward to the camera. They are stopped in front of a large tree. It appears that the photographer's hands may have blocked the lens on the right side.
Date:
1901
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker and Lelia Gillan ride in a horse-drawn carriage, Fresno, 1901

Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby pose outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah) Witherby and Will Witherby posing outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence on North Stanley Avenue. The group stands on a curving walkway at center. All look to camera. A suitcase sits on the walkway in front of them. Behind and to the right of Will Witherby, a lawn stretches past the front of the house and out-of-frame. The front of the Witherbys' house stretches across the background on an angle. The front door stands behind Mertie and Zetta. A number plate to the left of the door reads, "501." The house extends back to the right. Hedges and shrubbery line the space below a window at right. Wide, opaque, white bands originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upward along their respective edges.
Date:
August, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby pose outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby pose for a photograph at the Boulder Dam, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby posing for a photograph in front of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam on the Arizona side of the dam. Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera with her purse under her arm and her hands clasped in front of her. Zetta Witherby looks to camera as her purse hangs from her wrist. Wes Witherby stands with his hands behind his back and leg extended out as he looks out of frame towards the left. The trio stands in front of a walkway barrier. The dam intake towers, the canyon and the power lines atop the canyon occupy the background.
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby pose for a photograph at the Boulder Dam, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby eat lunch on the shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Mertie West turns towards Zetta Witherby to her right. Zetta Witherby sits with her back turned to the camera. Beyond Zetta, Wes Witherby (partially obscured) sits on the opposite side of the table with his hand to his mouth. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Just beyond them, cars are parked on the shoreline to the left and vacant picnic tables line the shoreline behind them. Lake Mead is in the distance with mountains rising behind it.
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby eat lunch on the shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby at a picnic table, eating lunch at Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby gathered around a picnic table at Lake Mead. Mertie and Zetta sit on the left side of a picnic table, with Mertie on the far left and Zetta just behind her. Mertie's purse lies on the corner of the picnic table. Both women look to the camera. Wes stands over the picnic table on the right side. One foot is standing on the bench of the picnic table and he gathers up what appears to be newspaper from the table. A container rests on the picnic table bench in front of him. In the background at right is a house and a car. A flag pole and a utility pole occupy the background in the center. A fence runs along the background to the left.
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby at a picnic table, eating lunch at Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
View of Mertie West, with her sister-in-law, Agnes, and brother, Forrest Whitaker, beside a Ford automobile attached to a Main Line Silver Lark trailer on the curb outside of the Whitaker house on the day that they left on a trip to Mexico (with Mertie's husband, H. H. West, who probably took the photograph).
Date:
December 9, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw pose beside a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw posing beside a car that is parked outside H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The group stands in a line that extends back along the left side of the car with Josie Shaw nearest to camera and Mertie West furthest from camera. All three look forward. The car to the right of them is viewed at an angle from the front and side; it faces towards the right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind them on a steep upward angle from right to left. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.
Date:
May, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw pose beside a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943