Genre: black-and-white photographs / Location: Iowa--Red Oak - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mr. Austin's name was Byron J. Austin, that is B. J. Austin, not J. B. Austin as the negative sleeve states.
Date:: 1917
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mrs. George M. West (Wilhelmina Lemberger West) was H. H. West's mother.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Former carpenter shop of H. H. West's father, George M. West. Signs on the shop read, "Poultry Wanted" and Red Oak Poultry." There are posters pasted on the wooden fence. "Draper Sells Groceries" is painted on the fence. There is a dirt road running in front of the building.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of the town square. Buildings stretch across the photograph. Some have awnings, other have windows out front. One has a sign that reads, "wall paper" and on the awning, "Shank &... druggist & wallpaper store." Another store has signs that read, "S. C. Nordquist" and "clothing." And ad for paints is painted on the side a building. There are horses and buggies parked at the left and others moving through the square. People walk on the sidewalk. Part of a tree is visible at the left.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Independence (Inda) Stevens stands in the middle of a dirt road. He wears a flat hat, a jacket, vest, and bow tie. There are houses, utility poles, and trees in the background. West's shadow is visible at the right.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph looking towards the east side of the town square in Red Oak, Iowa. The edge of a park stretches past the lower right corner in the foreground. Cars are parked on an angle along the park's edge; all face towards the right. Behind them, buildings line the opposite side of the street, extending on an angle back towards the right. From left to right, signage identifying the stores and businesses read: "SUPPLY STORE," "Roxall DRUGS ROXALL ARTZ DRUG CO. ROXALL," "MILLEDGE HARDWARE," "GREEN PARROT," "BEARDSLEY & WOLFE DRUGS SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS DRUGS," and "SPURGEON'S."
Date:: November 22, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Dr. William S. Reiley standing in front of his medical office in Red Oak, Iowa. Dr. William S. Reiley stands in front of his office's storefront, right-of-center. He looks to the camera as he rests his hands in his pants pockets. The office front stretches on an angle back and to the left. A sliver of a covered entryway extends to the right of William and out-of-frame. Directly behind him, tall windows line the walkway at right and the sidewalk at left. Signage in the window reads, "W. S. REILEY, M.D. H. C. BASTRON, M.D." A striped awning hangs overhead.
Date:: November 22, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of the town square. At the left, there is a horse and buggy parked next to a horse-drawn wagon. A man and a child walk across the plaza. There are buildings at the left, one of which has a sign that reads, "Wall Paper." An ice truck, pulled by horses, is visible down the road, along with people walking nearby. Streetcar tracks run through the center, wires hang over the center, and a light hangs down above the tracks. At the right, there are other buildings, one with an awning in front, another with a turret at the end, and a horse pulling a cart.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of the town square. Buildings stretch across the photograph. There are awnings in front of most of them, the signs on which read, "shoes" "books" "jewelry" "clothing" "drugs." One store has two other signs that read, "S. C. Nordquist" and "clothing." People walk along the sidewalk. There is a wagon parked at the right. The streets are made of dirt.
Date:: 1900
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Frank Iddings posing in front of bridge crossing the East Nishnabotna River in Red Oak, Iowa. Frank Iddings stands on a patch of grass lining the roadside in front of a bridge. He stands at center and looks to the left. Beside him, at right, a sign identifying the river reads, "E. NISHNABOTNA RIVER." Behind him, a road stretches from the lower left corner and back towards the right. At far right, a truss bridge stands. Fields stretch across the background.
Date:: November 22, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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