Genre: black-and-white photographs / Names: Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: William Shaw, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen in front of a roadside restaurant in Claremont. A sign in the background reads, "Dinners Sandwiches." There are also cars parked in the background.
Date:: March 29, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: William Shaw chops wood while others gather at their campsite near Rush Creek. There is a pile of wood in the foreground. Edith and Josie Shaw stand at the left. Edith wears a hat and dress. Josie wears pants and a visor. A tent and a car are behind them. The camping kitchen is at the center of the image, including a camp stove, small tables, pots and pans, and dishes. The others sit at a table, while Mertie West serves them. The table is under an awning. There are mountains in the background.
Date:: August 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
Date:: about 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
Date:: [about 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Whitaker family gathers in Alhambra Park. The children, posing in the front, are eating candy. The head of an unidentified man is visible just behind Mertie West. There is another child visible in the background. There are palm trees behind the family.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's second wife, Mertie Whitaker West, was a member of the Whitaker family.
Date:: [about 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Romayne Shaw, Richard Shaw, Edith Shaw and Josie Shaw posing while standing in the rear yard of William H. and Josie Shaw's home on Stockbridge Street. The group stands in the middle of the yard at center. They stand in a line that angles back to the left and all smile to the camera. Richard Shaw is dressed in his Navy uniform. The back exterior wall of W. H. Shaw's home extends behind the group on an angle at right. At left, a low brick wall lines the edge of the property. Behind the brick wall, a neighbor's house stands in partial view.
Date:: July 4, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A group photograph, from left to right, of Mrs. Culp, Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Agnes Whitaker all standing in a line and looking towards the left. The women stand in a line from shortest to tallest, resting their hands on the shoulders of the woman standing in front of them. They all stand in profile, facing towards the ocean at left. They turn their heads to glance back to a camera to the left of the photographer of this photograph. The shoreline passes behind them on an upward angle from left to right.
Date:: [circa 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw posing beside a car that is parked outside H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The group stands in a line that extends back along the left side of the car with Josie Shaw nearest to camera and Mertie West furthest from camera. All three look forward. The car to the right of them is viewed at an angle from the front and side; it faces towards the right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind them on a steep upward angle from right to left. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.
Date:: May, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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