Genre: black-and-white photographs / Location: California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Two prostitutes in front of the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution. The women wear frilly outfits that look like nightgowns. They stand in front of a doorway and in the shadow of a tree.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Prostitute stands in front of the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution. She wears a frilly outfit that look like a nightgown. She stands in front of a doorway and in the shadow of a tree.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: West family's partially constructed house. There are ladders leading against the house, and Arleigh Lemberger stands at the top of one. Debris is on the ground at the foreground of the photograph. A pile of what may be bricks is at the left of the photograph and another structure is visible at the right.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:: [about 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Based on the age of Lester Shaw in this image, the date has been estimated as about 1896, rather than about 1898.
Date:: [about 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:: [about 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs, which were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution feature large shutters. One door is open and the room within can be seen, including a chair and an object covered by what may be a sheet.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Two women approach the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs, which were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution feature large shutters and are made of brick. The women are most likely prostitutes.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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