Genre: black-and-white photographs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Passengers stand on the decks of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:: Photograph of passengers standing on ship decks as they travel aboard the S. S. Catalina Island. In the foreground at left, a man's head is in partial view along the bottom edge. Behind him, a set of stairs ascends to a higher deck. A girl holds onto the handrail as she descends the steps. Behind her, about a couple dozen passengers stand behind the deck's rail and face towards the camera. Above and behind them, the bridge's deck stretches across the image. Both decks are in partial view; they enter frame from the left and extend just past center at right. Several passengers stand on a lower deck at right. Beyond them, a harbor is visible in the background.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Avalon Bay, viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Avalon Bay, as viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina. Passengers on the ferry stand in the foreground as they cluster together on a deck to view their approach. They stand with their backs to the camera and in a rough line that extends back to the left. Beyond them, Avalon Bay sits at right and stretches to the left. Several boats are visible in the water. Catalina Island and Avalon occupy the distant shoreline. Catalina Casino stands in the distance along the right edge.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Mertie West in front of a cactus during a trip to Mexico, 1948

Description:: Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother, and Agnes Whitaker was Forrest's wife.
Date:: December 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker pose on the driveway leading up to the Siemsen's cabin near Gray's Camp, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker standing at the top of a driveway leading up to the Siemsen's cabin at Big Bear Lake. They are seen from a low-angle view. A wide dirt drive, lined by loose rocks, enters frame along the lower right edge, curving slightly as it slopes upward towards center. At right and atop the small incline, stands, from left to right, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker. All 3 face slightly left as they look to the camera. Behind them, the ground slopes upward again. A cabin (partial view) stands behind them, entering frame from the right. To the left of the cabin, Elizabeth (left) and Al (right) Siemsen stand amidst a cluster of loose rocks. At far left, building materials sit in a pile. Trees line the background. Opaque white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: May, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker launching their boat from the wharf, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker sitting in their boat as they launch from the wharf and into Big Bear Lake. The hull of another boat sits in partial view along the bottom edge in the foreground. Behind it, in the near distance at left, the boat occupied by Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker enters frame from the left. It appears to sit on a ramp as it angles into the water from the left. Mertie West stands towards the front of the boat at left. She is in profile, facing right. Ahead of her, Agnes Whitaker sits at center. She casts her gaze downwards as she shifts supplies around the boat. At the boat's stern, Forrest Whitaker sits. He faces slightly right and tinkers with the boat's motor. Beyond them, Big Bear Lake stretches across the image and into the distance. Silhouetted mountains rise from the opposite shore. Opaque, wide, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: May, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Tommy Newquist wears a fireman's helmet while riding a tricycle in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Tommy Newquist riding a tricycle on the walkway in front of the West residence on North Ridgewood Place. The walkway stretches across the bottom edge on a slight upward angle from right to left. Tommy Newquist rides a tricycle, left-of-center. He and the tricycle face towards the right. Tommy wears a fireman's helmet as he looks to the camera. Behind him the front of the West residence stretches across the background. Three windows are inset into the right side of the facade. Vegetation grows behind Tommy at left. One of the front porch's arches stands in partial view along the left edge.
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

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

Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald and Chloe McDonald pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of: Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald and Chloe McDonald posing around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard. The lawn spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the right. A long table sits on the lawn in the foreground, right-of-center. The group poses around the table; 4 stand on the left, long side and 2 stand on the far, short side. Everett Shaw stands nearest to camera at left. Behind and to the right of him stands Hebard West, followed by Lester Shaw and Will Shaw. All 4 men look to the camera. Behind the far end of the table at right, J. W. and Chloe McDonald stand and look to the camera. A fence lines the back/left boundary of the yard. It stretches back on an upward angle from left to right in the near distance. Behind it, a cinder-block wall runs parallel to it. Tree tops rise across the background, behind the wall. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower right corner, dissipating as extends upwards along the right edge.
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

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

Forrest Whitaker's cabin, viewed from the front, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Forrest Whitaker's cabin at the corner of Talmadge Road and Lakeview Drive in Big Bear Lake, as viewed from the front. A grassy lawn stretches across the foreground and back towards the mid-ground. In the near distance at center, Forrest Whitaker's cabin stands up a slight elevation. It is viewed at an angle from the front and left side, facing right. Logs support the bottom portion of the ranch-style cabin. A set of steps approaches the wide, open porch from the left. The porch stretches across the front of the cabin. An addition juts out from the left side of the cabin. Tall pines stand on the slope that rises up behind the cabin. Another cabin stands in the distance at left. Wide, opaque, white bands originate from the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: May, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Ebe Shaw holds the tape at the end of the racing field, Ventura, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Ebe Shaw holding the tape at the end of the racing field during the Trailer Coach Association of California's rally in Ventura. Spectators sit in the foreground at right and face left. They sit in a row that stretches back towards the left. In the near distance, left-of-center, Ebe Shaw stands in profile, facing left. He holds the tape for the racing end line. The tape extends out-of-frame at left. A man (partial view), in front of Ebe Shaw, kneels on the ground along the left edge. The park's grounds extend into the distance. Palm trees line the back edge of the park in the background.
Date:: September, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Forrest Whitaker's cabin, viewed from the rear, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Forrest Whitaker's cabin at the corner of Talmadge Road and Lakeview Drive in Big Bear Lake, as viewed from the rear. The near landscape slopes downward as it extends into the distance. A wooded lot stretches across the foreground. At the base of the small slope, Forrest Whitaker's cabin stands in the near distance at center. It is viewed from the rear. A stone chimney stands against the rear exterior wall of the ranch-style cabin. The land ahead of the cabin remains flat and is dotted by pines as it extends towards the lake. Big Bear Lake sits in the distance. Mountains are visible rising from its far shore. Wide, opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: May, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mrs. Hiatt mingles with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park. A man stands in the foreground along the right edge. He faces towards the right, but looks to the camera. Beyond him, Nellie Hiatt stands leftmost amongst a group of 4 women at center. Her back is to camera, but she faces right and converses with a woman to her right. Two women stand behind them. Farther back and to the left, another group of picnic attendees cluster together. Trees stand across the park grounds as it extends into the distance.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Nellie Hiatt poses with 2 unknown women in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Nellie Hiatt (left) and 2 other women posing in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic. The women stand in a row, off-center to the left, and all look to the camera. The park's treed grounds sprawl behind them and into the distance. Other picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Aluminum window propped up on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of an aluminum window propped up on a Los Angeles sidewalk, as viewed at an angle. A sidewalk stretches across the bottom half of the image on an upward angle from right to left. At center, an aluminum window stands propped open, balancing on its 2 long edges. It is viewed at an angle. An exterior brick wall lines the far side of the sidewalk. It is viewed close-up and stretches across the background, occupying the upper portion of the image. In the upper left corner, a door and a window are inset into the building; both are in partial view. Opaque, white patches sit in the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:: January, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:: Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina while en route to Catalina Island. Dozens of passengers stand clustered together in the foreground on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina ferry. They occupy the bottom half of the image and all generally face towards the left. Some rigging rises from the deck at left, behind the crowd. Low mountains stand in the distance at left.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Charles Longstreet, Sam Longstreet, Mrs. Charles Longstreet and Mrs. George Pawley pose outside the Pawley residence on Maple Avenue, Pasadena, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Charles Longstreet, Sam Longstreet, Mrs. Charles Longstreet (Bertha) and Mrs. George Pawley (Luellen) posing on the walkway in front of the Pawley residence on Maple Avenue in Pasadena. The group stands off-center to the left and all but Bertha Longstreet look to the camera. They are viewed at a slight angle, facing left. Both Longstreet men stand with their hands behind their backs. Luellen Pawley wraps an arm around her sister's shoulder. The Pawley residence is obscured by shrubbery growing along the right edge. The front walkway and yard extend towards the left. Maple Avenue enters frame in the background at left.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Charles Longstreet, Sam Longstreet, Mrs. Charles Longstreet and Mrs. George Pawley pose outside the Pawley residence, Pasadena, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Charles Longstreet, Sam Longstreet, Mrs. Charles Longstreet (Bertha) and Mrs. George Pawley (Luellen) posing on the walkway in front of the Pawley residence on Maple Avenue in Pasadena. The group stands at center and all but Bertha Longstreet look to the camera. Both Longstreet men stand with their hands behind their backs. Luellen Pawley wraps an arm around her sister's shoulder. The Pawley residence stands in partial view along the right edge, facing left. Steps are visible leading up to the dwelling's front porch. Beyond the group, neighboring houses and yards occupy the background.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mertie West, Eva Newquist, Rudy Newquist, Anna Newquist, Maurine Bacon, Tommie Newquist and "Punkie" Bacon pose while supping in the Bacons' backyard, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: According to: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, for the year 1948, accessed through the Ancestry.com database, the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons were neighbors of H. H. and Mertie West on North Ridgewood Place. The Wests lived at 830 North Ridgewood Place and the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons lived at 836, 832 1/2 and 832 North Ridgewood Place, respectively.
Date:: July, 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

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

Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, H. H. West, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald and Chloe McDonald pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of: Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, H. H. West, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald and Chloe McDonald posing around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard. The lawn spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the right. A long table sits on the lawn in the foreground, right-of-center. The group poses around the table; 5 stand on the left, long side and 2 stand on the far, short side. Everett Shaw stands nearest to camera at left. Behind and to the right of him stands Hebard West, followed by Lester Shaw, H. H. West and Will Shaw. Lester Shaw is visible standing behind and between the 2 West men. All 5 look to the camera. Behind the far end of the table at right, J. W. and Chloe McDonald stand and look to the camera. Chloe McDonald stands in partial view along the right edge. A fence lines the back/left boundary of the yard. It stretches back on an angle from left to right in the near distance. Behind it, a cinder-block wall runs parallel to it. Tree tops rise across the background, behind the wall. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:: May 23, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina as it sails through San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as the ferry sails through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. The S. S. Catalina enters frame from the right half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Passengers stand and occupy all available space on the top deck. Funnels, a mast and rigging line the center of the ship along the right edge. To the left of the ship, a channel stretches wide to the left and back into the distance behind the ferry. Large petroleum drums stand along the left shore of the channel. Signs on the walls in front of the drums reads, "GARGOYLE," and "GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION." Farther along the peninsula, cranes and docks stand as it stretches into the distance.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its rail stretches across the left half of the bottom edge and past the lower left corner. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the left. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk along Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed straight-on from the front. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST C[…]." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. The address number "316" is etched into the glass lintel above the door. A sign sits above that and reads, "GUILD [...]."
Date:: May 19, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of the S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its forward hull spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the left. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the right. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. The bow of the S. S. Catalina spans the width of the bottom edge and tapers to a point at center. A flagpole rises from the front of the prow. Beyond the ferry, a channel stretches into the distance. Its shores line the background.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mrs. Hiatt stands in the Montgomery County section of the Iowa State Picnic and mingles with other attendees, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in the Montgomery County section at Lincoln Park. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, a girl walks across the park. Behind her, Mrs. Hiatt stands amongst a group of other picnic-goers at center. She wears a black hat and stands with her back to camera. To the right of them, people sit on a park bench that faces away from camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed from the front, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road in Los Angeles, as viewed from the front. The house is seen from a low-angle view. A sidewalk stretches along the bottom edge. From the sidewalk, a short set of steps leads up to a walkway which extends back through the center of the landscaped yard and towards the house. "1644" is painted on the riser of the top step. Down the walkway, another short set of steps leads up to the house's front entrance at center. The house stands 2-stories tall. Three windows line the second floor. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:: July, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Cottage on Mildred Avenue, viewed at an angle, Venice, 1948

Description:: Photograph of a beach cottage on Mildred Avenue in Venice, as viewed at an angle. The brick-paved Mildred Avenue passes across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. On the opposite side of the street, a cottage stands, off-center to the right. The two-story cottage is viewed at an angle from the front and the left side; it faces right. Its ground-floor juts out from the building. A porch stands on the right half of the front of the cottage. At left, a picture window spans the remaining front width of the cottage and wraps around the corner. Two windows sit side-by side at center on the front of the second story. A few windows line the ground floor on the left side of the building. A wood, post-and-beam fence extends from the left side of the cottage and lines the sidewalk. Text on the fencing reads, "KEEP OUT." A building and street stand in partial view in the background at left and right, respectively. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:: July, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose by their boat while stopping for gas en route to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from, left to right, of Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker posing beside their boat while stopped at a gas station en route to Big Bear Lake. The trio stands in the near distance at right. They stand in a row and all look to camera. To the left of them and sitting at center is a fishing boat. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side. Canvas covers supplies and gear in the boat's hull. The boat sits atop a flatbed trailer that is hitched to a car. The car sits behind the Whitakers and Mertie. It is viewed from the rear. The gas station stands behind the boat and extends out-of-frame to the left. A row of 3 gas pumps stand behind the boat and to the left of the car. Posts between them support the gas station's canopy. Atop the canopy a large sign reads, "[RICHFIELD]." The station's store stands at far left and an attendant stands outside the store. Silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance. A band of white lines the left edge.
Date:: May, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Main Line Silver Lark trailer parked in a desert landscape during a trip from Los Angeles to Mexico, 1948

Description:: Main Line Silver Lark trailer parked in a desert landscape during a trip from Los Angeles to Mexico taken by H. H. West, his wife, Mertie, her brother, Forest Whitaker, and his wife Agnes.
Date:: December 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Passengers traveling on the S. S. Catalina's top deck, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:: Photograph of passengers traveling aboard the S. S. Catalina's top deck while en route to Catalina Island. The top deck extends beyond the width of the image, entering frame from the bottom edge and narrowing as it stretches into the distance. In the foreground, passengers sit on benches that line the center of the deck. They are seen from an elevated angle and sit with their backs to the camera. Open deck lines both the right and left sides of the line of benches. Railings wrap around the edge of the deck. Passengers stand along the rails and face out towards the water. At center and beyond the near benches, a mast rises beyond the top frame. Behind it, a funnel rises from a cabin and is secured by rigging. More passengers cluster together at the far end of the ship in the distance. The ocean stretches across the background.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Billy Burgess stands in his yard and poses with his tricycle, Bell Gardens, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Billy Burgess standing in his backyard and posing beside his tricycle in Bell Gardens. Billy Burgess stands, just right-of-center, and looks to the camera. He is dressed in overalls. Billy tilts his head to the left and holds out a hand to grip the handlebar of his tricycle. His tricycle sits to the right of him and faces camera. The backyard stretches into the distance. A fence lines the back edge of the yard. Nearby houses are visible in the background, behind the fence.
Date:: August, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road in Los Angeles, as viewed at an angle. Wellington Road stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the road, H. H. West's former residence stands, off-center to the right. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly left. A tree growing in the parkway obscures the left side of the 2-story residence. At right, a neighbor's house stands in partial view, obscuring part of the house at center. A tall palm tree growing in the parkway stands along the right edge. Another neighbor's house stands to the left and slightly behind the house at center. An opaque band of white originates from the lower right corner and stretches up along the right edge. Smaller white patches dot the bottom edge.
Date:: July, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Passengers stand on a deck of the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:: Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island. Two men stand in the foreground at center with their backs to the camera. They face slightly left. Other passengers stand ahead and below them. All appear to look away from camera. Beyond them, water stretches across the mid-ground. Two smaller boats sail through the water at center and at far left. Brush-covered hillsides rise from the shore of Catalina Island in the distance.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Street performer entertains a crowd in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of a street performer entertaining a crowd at the intersection of Crescent and Sumner Avenues in Avalon. A plaza stretches across the foreground. At left, a several people walk away from camera and towards center. At right, people are gathered to watch a performer in the near distance at center. The performer stands with his back to camera in the middle of Crescent Avenue. Beyond him, spectators gather in a line that spans the width of the image. Behind the spectators at left, buildings stand at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Sumner Avenue. In the background at center, buildings line the left side of Sumner Avenue. A little nearer to camera, a building rises alongside the right edge.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Mertie West and others traveling on a ferry while en route to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the deck in the foreground. A man stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. To the immediate right of him, a little girl stands. She turns her head back towards the camera. Behind the girl, a woman stands in partial view. She faces left and is obscured by the man at far left. Along the right edge, a woman stands in profile, facing left. Between a gap in the standing passengers, other passengers sit on a bench that extends back through center and towards the side of the ship. About four women sit in a row on this bench, including Mertie West. Mertie West sits second from the back. All the women face left. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Visitors disembark from a ship upon arrival in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of visitors to Catalina Island disembarking their boat upon their arrival in Avalon. Several people walk past the camera and to the left in the foreground. Beneath them, the wharf stretches back towards the mid-ground as it passes across the image. At the far edge of the wharf, a ship is moored. It sits in partial view and is viewed from the side; it extends beyond the left and right edges. Three decks of the ship are in view. From the enclosed middle deck at center, a gangplank descends from the ship down to the dock. Dozens of people walk down the gangplank and towards the camera. Above them, the open upper deck stretches across the image. A few people are visible on the upper deck.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Crowds at the end of the wharf greet arriving visitors, Avalon, 1948

Description:: Photograph of a large crowd gathered at the end of the wharf in Avalon to greet arriving visitors to Catalina Island. A man stands in partial view in the foreground along the left edge. Beyond him, a wide, open plaza stretches across the image and back through center. A crowd lines the right edge of the plaza. At the far end of the plaza, several arriving visitors walk in a group towards the camera. A policeman walks ahead of them and to the left. Behind the group and to the left, more crowds line the back edge of the plaza. In the background, an arched gateway stands behind the group at center and a large ship's funnel rises behind the crowd at right.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:: Photograph of passengers clustered together on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina. A woman stands in partial view in the foreground at center. She approaches the camera. Behind her, many passengers stand, facing towards the left. They appear to occupy all available space on the deck as it extends into the distance at center. About halfway down the ship and along the right edge, a small cabin stands behind the passengers. A few small funnels stand around it and a large, solitary stack rises. Rigging stretches overhead at left. Water extends towards the horizon in the background at left.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Close-up view of a street entertainer in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of a street performer entertaining a crowd in Avalon. A plaza stretches across the foreground. At center, an entertainer performs for a crowd and faces towards the camera. Beyond him, spectators gather in a line that spans the width of the image. Behind the spectators, buildings stand across the background.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Boat following the Wests' ferry in its wake, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:: Photograph of a boat following in the wake of the Wests' ferry during their trip to Catalina Island. In the foreground, an American flag (partial view) is seen close-up as it hangs off the back of the ferry along the left edge. The ferry's wake spans the width of the bottom edge, narrowing as it stretches into the distance on a slight angle to the right. At center, a boat follows behind the ferry. It travels along the wake's far left edge. In the far distance, a shoreline is visible in the upper right corner.
Date:: [between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Will Witherby and fellow passengers board a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Distant photograph of Will Witherby and his fellow passengers boarding a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance along the left edge. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing and fuselage of a plane enters frame and faces away from camera. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby and others stand at the base of aircraft steps leading up to their plane. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: August, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Will Witherby waves to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Distant photograph of Will Witherby waving to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance at left. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing of a plane enters frame. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby stands beneath his plane and waves to camera. His plane sits to the right of him on the tarmac. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:: August, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Billy Burgess poses with his tricycle in his backyard, Bell Gardens, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Billy Burgess standing in his backyard and posing beside his tricycle in Bell Gardens. Billy Burgess stands, just right-of-center, and faces towards the left. He is dressed in overalls. Billy looks to the camera as he holds out a hand towards the handlebar of his tricycle. His tricycle sits to the right of him and faces camera. The backyard stretches into the distance. A fence lines the back edge of the yard. Nearby houses are visible in the background, behind the fence.
Date:: August, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Betty Phillipi and Gil Bowman converse while attending the Trailer Coach Association of California's rally, Ventura, 1948

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Betty Phillipi and Gil Bowman conversing while attending the Trailer Coach Association of California's rally in Ventura. Betty Phillipi and Gil Bowman stand in the near distance at center. Betty faces towards camera, but looks down at an object she holds in her hands. Beside her, at right, Gil stands in profile, facing left, and looks down towards Betty. They are framed by other attendees in the foreground. Two men sit along the left edge, both in partial view. The man nearest to camera casts his gaze downward as he writes in a notebook. Behind him, the other man sits, in profile, facing right. Along the right edge, a man stands in partial view. He faces right, but only his backside is visible in the frame. Other attendees mill about in the background. Trees stand in the far distance.
Date:: September, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing near a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. At center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind the bench and to the left, Mertie West stands and looks to the camera. At right, a woman with a clipboard stands beneath a tree. A grove of trees stands across the background and more picnic attendees mill about in the distance.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mertie West stands behind a bench in Lincoln Park during the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing behind a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance, left-of-center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind them, Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Tommy Newquist stands in a yard, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Tommy Newquist standing in a yard and playing. Tommy Newquist stands in the foreground at left. He faces camera and looks upward. One arm is captured in motion, moving out to his side. Behind him and to the left, a tree grows in the middle of a small lawn. The lawn stretches to the right, towards the front of a house. The front porch of a house peeks into frame at right. Across the background, a white picket fence lines a neighbor's yard.
Date:: October, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burgess's residence, viewed from the front, Bell Gardens, 1948

Description:: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burgess's (Dorothea Siemsen) residence in Bell Gardens, as viewed from across Cecilia Street. In the foreground, Cecilia Street stretches across the bottom third of the image on a slight upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the road, the Burgess's home stands, off-center to the left. It is viewed at an angle from the front, facing left. A young boy stands on the curb in front of the house. Behind him, a white picket fence wraps around the house's yard. The bungalow-style house stands behind the fence. A small front porch sits in front of a central front door and windows to the right of the door. To the left of the door, a portion of the house juts forward. A window is inset into this wall and 2 windows dot the right side of the house. All are covered with awnings. Behind and to the right of the house, a garage peeks into view. A wide alley or street stretches along the right side of the house and into the distance at right. A neighboring house stands in partial view along the left edge. A wide streak of white stretches upward from the lower right corner.
Date:: January, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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