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20 Mule Team borax wagons, Pasadena, [1920-1939?]

Description:
3 borax wagons, with man and palm trees in foreground, mountains in background, and sign reading "Throop Co. materials and feed" partially visible behind wagons. Signs on 2 wagons read: "20-Mule Team Borax" and "The original 20 Mule Team wagons, used for hauling BORAX out of Death Valley for the Pacific Coast Borax Co."
Date:
[1920-1939?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
20 Mule Team borax wagons, Pasadena, [1920-1939?]

1909 Oldsmobile Limited automobile with driver, 1939

Description:
Photograph of a 1909 Oldsmobile Limited being driven on a street. The driver is a man wearing a shirt, jacket, pants and flat cap. He is seated behind a steering wheel that is situated on the right side of the vehicle. The luxury auto has a large wheel base and rides on massive spoke wheels. The tall chassis requires two running boards to climb into the car. A spare tire rests atop the lower running board and is attached to the driver side door with metal bars and straps. All trim, lantern side lights and headlights are probably brass (standard for this vehicle). License plate frame reads: “C. Stanlee Martin Long Beach.” License plate reads: “California World’s Fair 39 3Y954.” In the background, an electricity tower sits at the edge of a vacant lot, giving way to what looks like a residential neighborhood in the distance. Location unidentified, but possibly Long Beach (where the car’s owner worked and lived).
Date:
February 2, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
1909 Oldsmobile Limited automobile with driver, 1939

Aage V. Berg's home and sign, viewed from the side, San Jacinto, 1942

Description:
Photograph of the home and sign in front of the home of Aage V. Berg. The sign hangs from an ivy-covered wooden post just right-of-center. It reads, "AAGE V. BERG D.O. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON." At right is the Berg's home; only the front is visible. Ivy crawls up the front of the house at right and 2 windows and a door are visible. A neighboring house is visible in the distance at center.
Date:
May 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Aage V. Berg's home and sign, viewed from the side, San Jacinto, 1942

Aage V. Berg's home, viewed from the opposite side of the street, San Jacinto, 1942

Description:
A distant view of the home of Aage V. Berg, viewed at a low-angle from the opposite side of the street. The house stands at center at a slight angle. Ivy crawls up the center of the home. It is flanked by two large trees on each side of the house. Out front, two cars are parked in the street. They face left. H. H. West's Buick is the car parked at right. A white streak from the lower left corner stretches at an angle across the image towards H. H. West's Buick.
Date:
May 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Aage V. Berg's home, viewed from the opposite side of the street, San Jacinto, 1942

Abandoned house standing on the edge of town, Yreka, 1898

Description:
Photograph of an abandoned house on the outskirts of Yreka standing in the near distance. A dirt road passes across the foreground, elevating as it approaches the left. It is lined by a picket fence. Beyond the fence, the abandoned house stands, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The right side of the house stretches back and behind the house stands a shack. On the far side of the property, the picket fence reappears. Beyond it stands another home in the distance. Mountains are visible in the far distance.
Date:
1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Abandoned house standing on the edge of town, Yreka, 1898

A bear climbs on top of a trash can, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of a bear climbing on top of the elevated, fenced platform containing a trash can in a cabin encampment near Old Faithful. The trash can platform stands in the near distance, right-of-center. A bear stands atop the top rungs of the platform, hovering over the trash can. About 3 cabins stand in a small clump on the left side of the image. A car (partial view) is parked behind the cabin at center. Additional cabins stand in row as they recede into the distance at right.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A bear climbs on top of a trash can, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

A bear sniffs at a piece of trash while roaming between the cabins, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of a bear sniffing a piece of trash on the ground as he wanders between the housekeeping cabins near Old Faithful. A cabin lines the right frame in the foreground. Beyond it and to the left, the bear stands over a piece of trash, sniffing at it. To the left of the bear, an elevated, fenced platform contains a trash can. Behind the trash can at left, another cabin stands in partial view. A woman stands in front of a car behind the trash can and to the right of the cabin at left. Pine trees line the space between the rows of cabins which extend into the distance.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A bear sniffs at a piece of trash while roaming between the cabins, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Photograph of a neighborhood boy standing on a lawn lining Griffin Avenue while the old Quayle properties stand on the far side of the street. The front lawn of a house stretches across the foreground. A boy in baggy overalls dons a yarmulke(?) while he stands on the lawn at center. Behind him, a sidewalk lines Griffin Avenue which passes across the mid-ground. Three houses stand in a row on the opposite side of the street. A palm tree stands in front of each of the houses and a car is parked in front of the rightmost house.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Abraham, Mary, and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand with William and Josie Shaw, as well as Lelia Gillan and Agnes Hawley, Santa Monica, 1901

Description:
Josie Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's sister. William Shaw was Josie's husband, and Lester and Romayne Shaw were their sons. Abraham and Mary Whitaker were Mertie and Josie's parents. Agnes Hawley later became Forrest Whitaker's wife. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:
July 4, 1901
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Abraham, Mary, and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand with William and Josie Shaw, as well as Lelia Gillan and Agnes Hawley, Santa Monica, 1901

Abraham, Mary, and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand with William and Josie Shaw, as well as Lelia Gillan and Agnes Hawley, Santa Monica, 1901

Description:
Josie Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's sister. William Shaw was Josie's husband, and Lester and Romayne Shaw were their sons. Abraham and Mary Whitaker were Mertie and Josie's parents. Agnes Hawley later became Forrest Whitaker's wife. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:
July 4, 1901
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Abraham, Mary, and Mertie Whitaker sit in the sand with William and Josie Shaw, as well as Lelia Gillan and Agnes Hawley, Santa Monica, 1901

Abraham Whitaker and Romayne Shaw at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Description:
Abraham Whitaker and Romayne Shaw at Convict Lake. Shaw stands next to a table that is covered with wood. Whitaker sits on a chair at the right next to another pile of wood. H. H. West junior is visible in his striped cap on the right of the table. There are other people in the background. There is a tent at the right and trees and mountains in the background.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Abraham Whitaker and Romayne Shaw at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Abraham Whitaker poses with trout caught in Grant Lake, Mono County vicinity, 1929

Description:
H. H. West's father-in-law, Abraham Whitaker, poses with trout caught in Grant Lake. He holds a fishing pole and wears a hat and glasses. He sits on a rock and has his foot up on another one. The fish are on another rock, and some are coming out of a basket. There are rocks throughout, and the lake is in the background, along with a mountain. There is a light streak at the bottom of the image.
Date:
August 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Abraham Whitaker poses with trout caught in Grant Lake, Mono County vicinity, 1929