Genre: Group portraits / Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 and Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's wife, Abraham was Mrs. West's father, and the others are her siblings.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A distant group photograph, from left to right, of Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker posing by their car in front of the bike shop at Idyllwild Inn. They stand left of center in a row in front of the side of a parked car. The Idyllwild Inn stands behind them at left and extends towards a flagpole at right. Another car is parked in the lot at right. A sign behind the group and to the left reads, "IDYLLWILD INN [right-facing arrow] OFFICE." Hanging down from an eave on the inn behind them, a sign reads, "WESTERN UNION - TELEGRAMS." Behind their car, a sign reads, "BIKES 1-HOUR-35¢-ASK·INSIDE RATES·FOR·GROUPS."
Date:: May 2, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Josie Shaw and Forrest Whitaker were her brother and sister, and William Shaw and Agnes Whitaker were their spouses. Folger Athearn Jr. (Jerry) was Agnes and Forrest's grandson.
Date:: May 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: An informal group photograph, from left to right, of Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Agnes Whitaker standing in front of the Tahquitz Lodge in Idyllwild. The group stands in a row and all look to the camera, except for Josie Shaw; she gazes off towards the right. Tahquitz Lodge extends from left to right, at an angle, behind them. The porch and a door to the lodge are visible behind Forrest Whitaker at left. Trees seem to grow through the roof of the building behind Mertie West. A narrow, curved walkway stretches behind the group and in front of the lodge. It starts at left and curves up towards the right, parallel with the lodge. A cabin is visible in the background at right next to the lodge. A sign hanging off of the eave of the building behind the group reads, "[...]ITZ L[...]."
Date:: [circa 1942]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Group photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Agnes Whitaker posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal wear. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A blurry group photograph, from left to right, of: Forrest Whitaker, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, Josie Shaw and H. H. West, posing on the grounds of Tahquitz Lodge in Idyllwild. All 5 stand in a row and look to camera, except Josie Shaw; she appears to gaze off towards the right. The lodge and a cabin stand in the distance at left. A tall tree stands behind Forrest Whitaker. A chair sits on the lawn behind H. H. West. Trees occupy the background.
Date:: [circa 1942]
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:: Group photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Mertie West posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal dress. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's wife, Abraham was Mrs. West's father, and the others are her siblings.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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