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Will Shaw, Mertie West, Alice Prickett and Bertha Keether pose in front of a sign along a trail to Inspiration Point, Los Angeles County, 1932

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Will Shaw, Mertie West, Alice Prickett and Bertha Keethler stopping along the trail to Inspiration Point to pose in front of a trail sign. At left, Will and Mertie do not look to camera. Will faces right and Mertie gazes off to the left. Both Alice and Bertha look to the camera. The group stands off to the right side of a trail and poses in front of a sign that reads, "TO INSPIRATION POINT 1/4 M [right facing arrow]." The trail enters the frame at left and disappears behind the group. A brush-covered mountainside occupies the background as it slopes downward from left to right.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Shaw, Mertie West, Alice Prickett and Bertha Keether pose in front of a sign along a trail to Inspiration Point, Los Angeles County, 1932

Mertie Whitaker [West] and Nella West posing in a park, San Jose, about 1900

Description:
An out-of-focus and lopsided photograph, from left to right, of Mertie Whitaker and Nella West standing and posing in a park in San Jose. They appear to stand on an angle sloping downward towards the left. Mertie and Nella stand side by side on a paved driveway; Mertie holds her hands out in front of her while Nella holds her hands behind her back. A low curb lines the driveway behind them. Trees and flowers stand behind two women and serve as the backdrop.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker [West] and Nella West posing in a park, San Jose, about 1900

Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 4 women sit in a group in the near distance, off-center to the left. They all sit in folding chairs that form a semi-circle that is open towards camera. Mertie West sits leftmost. She sits facing right, but looks to camera. To the right of her, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit facing camera. Josie looks to camera while Hannah looks towards Mertie. Rightmost, Alice Shaw sits in profile facing left. All 4 women sit with crossed arms and legs. Behind them, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right and mountains are visible rising in the far distance.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 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

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

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Mertie West and Josie Shaw posing in front of a car that is parked outside H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The group stands along the curb in front of a parked car. H. H. and Mertie West stand at center and Josie Shaw stands at right. All three look to the camera. The car behind them is viewed at a slight angle from the side and faces towards the right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind them on an 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
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Mertie West and Josie Shaw pose near a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943

Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West look at spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park, Eklutna, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West looking at the spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park. Frances Wells stands with her back to the camera, in the foreground at right. Further back, W. L. Kinsell stands in profile, facing left, and beyond him, Mertie West faces towards the camera, but looks to the left. A clearing stretches across the foreground to the left of Frances. All three look towards Native American spirit houses that are clumped together in the near distance at center. Overgrown grasses and weeds surround the spirit houses at center and obscure others. Trees line the back perimeter of the cemetery.
Date:
August 25, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West look at spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park, Eklutna, 1946

Mertie West exits the elevator bay at Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West exiting the entrance to the elevator at Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls. A driveway stretches across the foreground and into the mid-ground. Mertie West stands in the near distance at left. She walks towards the camera as she exits a hut housing the Maid of the Mist's elevator. The hut stands behind Mertie, along the left edge. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The building is constructed of stone and has a hipped roof. An arched lintel stretches over the building's wide doorway. The doors stand open behind Mertie and other visitors are visible inside the hut. Signage hanging below the roof's eave and above the lintel reads, "ELEVATORS TO FOOT OF FALLS 10[¢]," and "MAID OF THE MIST." Bushes line the perimeter of the driveway to the right of the hut and trees stand in the background.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West exits the elevator bay at Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, 1947