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Worm's-eye view group portrait of members of the West, Whitaker, Shaw, Prickett and Witherby families standing on a porch, Manhattan Beach, about 1930

Description:
A worm's-eye view photograph, from left to right, of: Josie Shaw, Will Shaw, Abraham Whitaker, Mertie West, Everett Shaw, Wright Prickett, Jr. and Wes Witherby posing in the open window area of a porch for an informal group portrait at Bailey's cottage in Manhattan Beach. The shingle-style cottage is viewed from the ground and the camera looks up towards the group. They stand in a row to the right of column with "1008" on it. A portion of the roof is visible in the upper left corner and a shutter is visible at right.
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Worm's-eye view group portrait of members of the West, Whitaker, Shaw, Prickett and Witherby families standing on a porch, Manhattan Beach, about 1930

Group at their campsite near Rush Creek, Mono County vicinity, 1929

Description:
Group at their campsite near Rush Creek. There is a log in the foreground, and the camp kitchen is beyond that, including a camp stove, small tables, pots and pans, and dishes. William, Edith, and Josie Shaw stand at the left. A tent and a car are behind them. The others sit at a table, while Mertie West serves them. The table is under an awning. There are mountains in the background. Left to right, the people in the image are: William Shaw, Edith Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, H. H. West Jr., Abraham Whitaker, Wes Witherby, Agnes Whitaker.
Date:
August 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Group at their campsite near Rush Creek, Mono County vicinity, 1929

Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing in front of the West residence on North Ridgewood Place. Will Shaw stands nearest to camera at center. He faces slightly left and looks in that direction. Behind and to the left of him, Josie Shaw stands. She looks to the camera. Behind them, a walkway passes in front of the Wests' residence. The building stands across the background. It is viewed at a an angle, facing left. Vegetation lines and obscures the front of the building at right. Behind Josie, the front porch extends forward from the building. It is framed by an archway. Along the left edge, part of a neighboring house is visible in the background.
Date:
October, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 3 women sit in a line that arcs back to the right. Mertie West sits leftmost and nearest to camera. She is in profile, facing right. Behind and to the right of her, Josie Shaw also sits in profile, facing right. Hannah Lockwood sits rightmost, facing camera, but looks towards the right. Someone else's legs peek into frame from the right edge. Behind the group, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right. Along the right edge, a large cylindrical object stands in front of the house.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West (center) taking a drink of water from a drinking fountain and Josie Shaw (right) standing nearby in Independence, en route to Rock Creek. Mertie West hunches over a drinking fountain and takes a drink of water. Her head is down and she faces towards the left. A large rock sitting atop a concrete base serves as the fountain. It stands at center and Mertie stands behind and to the right of it. Rectangles of white have been painted on the sides of the rock. Josie Shaw stands to the right with her hands to her hips as she looks off towards the right. Behind her and Mertie, a house stands at right. Further back at left, a rundown, warehouse-like structure stands. A tree stands in the foreground at left. The trunk is painted white and plumbing fixtures hang down the side of it.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Josie Shaw and Mertie West lounging in their campsite, Mono County, 1941

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of Josie Shaw and Mertie West sitting and reading at their campsite near Rock Creek. Mertie West sits in the near distance inside one of the group's tents. The tent stands left-of-center with the front flap open. Mertie sits inside the tent at right. She sits facing left and looks down to the newspaper on her lap. In the foreground, Josie Shaw sits outside and in front of the tent, right-of-center. She sits atop a large rock, facing left. She too looks down to read a magazine. Josie sits among rocks that surround the tent in the foreground and along its side on the right. A folding chair sits outside the tent to the left and behind Josie Shaw. A pine stands along the left edge of the frame in the foreground. Trees line the background.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw and Mertie West lounging in their campsite, Mono County, 1941

Josie Shaw sits on a rock and reads, Mono County, 1941

Description:
Photograph of Josie Shaw sitting on a rock in the wilderness and reading a magazine in the vicinity of Rock Creek. Josie Shaw sits left-of-center on a rock and faces towards the right. She looks down to magazine that she holds in her lap. Josie sits atop a blanket on the rock. A pillow lies on the rock to the left of her. A folding chair sits in the foreground in front of her and to the right. Behind and to the right of Josie, a sheet covers a shrub. She is surrounded by rocks on the ground in the foreground. Trees and chaparral stretch into the distance behind her.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw sits on a rock and reads, Mono County, 1941

Members of the West, Shaw and McDonald families pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald, Everett Shaw, Chloe McDonald, Ann West, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw posing around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard. The lawn spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back towards center. A long table sits on the lawn in the near distance at center. A short-end of the table is nearest to camera. The group stands in a semi-circle around the table. They surround the long sides and the distant short-end of the table. The men stand along the left side of the table in a line that stretches back from left to center. Of the men, Hebard West stands leftmost and nearest to camera and here Everett Shaw stands at the far end of the table at left. All face slightly right and look to the camera. Along the right side of the table, the women stand. Alice Shaw stands rightmost and nearest to camera of the women. The women stand in a line that stretches back on an angle towards center. At the end of the line and behind the short-end of the table, Chloe McDonald stands. All the women face slightly left and look to the camera. In the background, tree tops are visible rising from neighboring yards. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Members of the West, Shaw and McDonald families pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

H. H. West, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Josie Shaw pose outside the Idyllwild Inn, Idyllwild, 1942

Description:
A slighty askew group photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Josie Shaw posing in front of the Idyllwild Inn. They stand in the near distance in a row. The inn stands behind them and extends out of frame on both the left and right sides. A sign atop the building's roof reads, "IDYLLWILD INN [left-facing arrow] COFFEE SHOP [down facing arrow] OFFICE [right-facing arrow]." Beneath that, another sign hangs from the eave, it reads, "The SKI SHOP Entrance thru OFFICE [right-facing arrow]." A sign just behind Josie Shaw reads, "OFFICIAL HOTEL NO. 49 UNDER CONTRACT WITH Automobile Club of Southern Calif."
Date:
May 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Josie Shaw pose outside the Idyllwild Inn, Idyllwild, 1942

Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose in front of the bike shop, Idyllwild, 1942

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
Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose in front of the bike shop, Idyllwild, 1942

Josie Shaw leading drills on the beach near Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Description:
Photograph of Josie Shaw leading a group of women through drills on the beach near Rincon Point. She stands nearest to the camera, left-of-center, with her back to the camera. Several women don bathing suits as they stand spaced out in a row across the width of the beach facing towards the camera and Josie. The beach extends beyond them, curving to the left as it approaches the horizon. The ocean is at left and follows the arc of the shoreline towards the horizon. A road lined with utility poles runs parallel to the beach as it approaches the horizon. Low mountains rise along the far side of the road.
Date:
[circa 1924]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw leading drills on the beach near Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Josie Shaw, Zetta Witherby, Freda Shaw, Mertie West, and Dode Witherby pose on a river stone structure, Banning, 1940

Description:
Josie Shaw, Zetta Witherby, Freda Shaw, Mertie West, and "Dode" (Sarah Josephine) Witherby pose on a river stone structure. They appear to be in a park. There is a small pool of water in front of the stone structure. At the center, there is a tall pole. All of the women wear coats and hats. There are trees in the background.
Date:
April 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw, Zetta Witherby, Freda Shaw, Mertie West, and Dode Witherby pose on a river stone structure, Banning, 1940

Mertie West and Josie Shaw stand next to a car parked outside the West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie Whitaker and Josie Shaw standing on the front edge of lawn and next to a couple of cars parked on the curb outside the West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The 2 women stand in the near distance at center; both look to the camera. The street curb stretches on an upward angle behind them from the lower right corner and up to the left. The lawn occupies the space to the left of the curb. Along and to the right of the curb, 2 cars are parked end-to-end behind Mertie and Josie. The cars are viewed at an angle from the side and face towards the right. Griffin Avenue stretches behind the cars and is visible in the background at left. Houses stand in the distance, lining the far side of Griffin Avenue.
Date:
January 30, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Josie Shaw stand next to a car parked outside the West's residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Josie Shaw walk around Palm Springs, Palm Springs, 1942

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Josie Shaw caught strolling around Palm Springs. Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on a street corner while Josie Shaw approaches them from the street. Agnes stands in profile facing right. Forrest stands slightly in front of her. He faces left, but his head is turned towards camera. He has a hand raised to his forehead, shading his face from the sun. Josie walks towards them with her back to the camera. Palm trees stand on either side of the sidewalk. The front of a building is at right. Signs for the corner business read, "[...]te Sho[...]," and "Shipped." At left and around the corner from the storefront, another business sign reads, "PALM SPRINGS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY." On the sidewalk extending into the background at left, a sign reads, "PARKING 1 HOUR [undecipherable]." Transformers stand in the distant open space between the building and a palm tree.
Date:
May 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Josie Shaw walk around Palm Springs, Palm Springs, 1942

H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:
H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table. There is a covered serving dish at the center of the table, as well as candles and various dishes. There is a chair at the bottom right of the photograph and the arm of what may be an armchair or couch at the left. A photograph of H. H. West Jr. sits on the table.
Date:
[November 26, 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942

H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:
H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table. There is a covered serving dish at the center of the table, as well as candles and various dishes. There is a chair with a magazine on it at the left of the photograph and the edge of an armchair or couch at the right. There is a light streak across the bottom of the photograph.
Date:
[November 26, 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table, Los Angeles, 1942