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Description:: Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children.
Date:: about 1903
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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:: Lola Bidwell pushes Elizabeth West in a stroller. She holds an umbrella at an angle. She wears a large hat and a white dress. Elizabeth is sitting up and wears a bonnet. There are utility poles throughout with wires overhead. There is sand at the left.
Date:: about 1903
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) was H. H. West's daughter.
Date:: about 1903
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mary West sits on a wooden bench eating lunch with her daughter, Elizabeth West, and her in-laws, George and Wilhelmina West. Both women wear large hats. Elizabeth is sitting on the long pile of wood next to the picnic baskets. George and Wilhelmina sit on wooden stumps. There are other wood planks at the right. In the background, there are buildings with scaffolding in front of them and wagons parked in front. There are utility poles and wires throughout.
Date:: about 1903
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Lola Bidwell was the cousin of H. H. West's first wife, Mary West. Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) was H. H. West's daughter.
Date:: about 1903
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

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