Subject: Whitaker, Abraham, 1848-1934 / Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A worm's-eye view photograph, from left to right, of: Josie Shaw, Will Shaw, Abraham Whitaker, Mertie West, Everett Shaw, Wright Prickett, Jr. and Wes Witherby posing in the open window area of a porch for an informal group portrait at Bailey's cottage in Manhattan Beach. The shingle-style cottage is viewed from the ground and the camera looks up towards the group. They stand in a row to the right of column with "1008" on it. A portion of the roof is visible in the upper left corner and a shutter is visible at right.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: William Shaw chops wood while others gather at their campsite near Rush Creek. There is a pile of wood in the foreground. Edith and Josie Shaw stand at the left. Edith wears a hat and dress. Josie wears pants and a visor. A tent and a car are behind them. The camping kitchen is at the center of the image, including a camp stove, small tables, pots and pans, and dishes. The others sit at a table, while Mertie West serves them. The table is under an awning. There are mountains in the background.
Date:: August 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
Date:: about 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
Date:: [about 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Whitaker family gathers in Alhambra Park. The children, posing in the front, are eating candy. The head of an unidentified man is visible just behind Mertie West. There is another child visible in the background. There are palm trees behind the family.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's second wife, Mertie Whitaker West, was a member of the Whitaker family.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: West family poses at 2223 Griffin Avenue. The house is visible behind the family, along with bushes. The seated people are cut off slightly at the bottom of the photograph.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's wife, Mertie West, poses with her step-son, father, step-daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. The house number behind them is 1623.
Date:: [about 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie West and her family pose in front of a small waterfall along Lee Vining Creek on the Tioga Grade (probably the Tioga Pass Road, State Route 120). The waterfall runs down the rocks directly behind them. There are plants growing around it.
Date:: August 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of about 6 members of the Witherby, Whitaker, Shaw and West camping party milling about their campsite at Abalone Point near Laguna Beach. Not everyone is identified. At far right, Abraham Whitaker stands in front of the tent opening and looks to the camera. A woman walks to the left of him with her back to camera. To the left of her, Mertie Whitaker stands in profile, facing left. Next to Mertie, Zetta Witherby also stands facing left. Two other unidentified people stand at far left. A large tent stands behind the group. It is open at center. Camping gear and a car appear to sit inside the tent. Two long fishing poles are propped up against the front of the tent at right. Hills stand in the background.
Date:: 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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