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

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

Lettice Chapman Reid, Lena Brigham, Lizzie Ritchie Geddes and Alice Riley Tallman pose at the Pioneer Picnic held in Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Lattice Chapman Reid, Lena Brigham, Lizzie Ritchie Geddes and Alice Riley Tallman posing at the Pioneer Picnic held in Sycamore Grove Park. The women stand in a row, off-center towards the left. All look to camera except for Lizzie Ritchie Geddes; she looks to the left. Trees stand directly behind them, occupying the background.
Date:
June 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lettice Chapman Reid, Lena Brigham, Lizzie Ritchie Geddes and Alice Riley Tallman pose at the Pioneer Picnic held in Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Baskets on display in the window of an old building, Jacksonville, 1942

Description:
Close-up view of woven baskets on display in the front window of an old building in Jacksonville. The brick wall of the building lines the right and left edges of image, surrounding the window. A wood-framed window sits recessed in a brick wall. Behind the window pane, a small exhibit of baskets is on display. Three round panning baskets hang at center from the top of the window. Two baskets stand along the bottom ledge of the window; a short, square basket is at left and a taller, rounded basket is at center. A framed information placard sits in front of the taller basket and another placard sits to the right of it. The sign at center reads, "Building in which the women and children of Jacksonville took refuge when the [?????] River[?] Indians made their last raid on the white settlers in 18?6 [...]." The sign at right reads, "DISCOVERY OF GOLD Gold was discovered in Jacksonville by James Cluggage[?] in 1851. Cluggage and his partner, a man by the name of Pool, were carrying supplies by pack train from Yreka [????] in the Willamette Valley at the [...]."
Date:
July 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Baskets on display in the window of an old building, Jacksonville, 1942

H. H. West stands next to his Buick near the summit of the Blue Mountains, Emigrant Springs State Park vicinity, 1942

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West standing alongside his Buick as he looks across the landscape the summit of the Blue Mountains. A mountain road curves into frame at left in the near distance. A graveled parking area stretches wide to the right of it. H. H. West stands at center in the near distance and within in the graveled parking area. His back is to camera as he holds something up to his face and looks towards the landscape in the distance. His Buick is parked next to him; it is viewed from the back. A low barrier fence at far right lines the graveled area. The valley below the summit is barely visible in the far distance.
Date:
June 27, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West stands next to his Buick near the summit of the Blue Mountains, Emigrant Springs State Park vicinity, 1942

History of Oregon Trail historical marker, Meacham, 1942

Description:
Photograph of an historical marker for the Oregon Trail posted in Meacham. The marker stands at center, it reads, "HISTORIC OREGON TRAIL MEACHAM FIRST KNOWN AS LEE'S ENCAMPMENT FROM ESTABLISHMENT OF A TROOP CAMP BY MAJOR H. A. G. LEE IN 1844. A. B. AND HARVEY MEACHAM OPERATED FAMOUS "MOUNTAIN HOUSE" HERE WHICH GAVE THE TOWN ITS PRESENT NAME. IN LATER YEARS A FAMOUS RAILROAD EATING HOUSE, "THE LOG CABIN," BECAME NATIONALLY KNOWN UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF GRANDMA MUNRA, A WELL-KNOWN PIONEER FIGURE. ON JULY 3, 1923, MEACHAM WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING STOPPED FOR A DAY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISES COMMEMORATING THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVERED WAGON MIGRATION OF 1843." Behind the marker, a dwelling stands in the near distance at right and utility lines stretch overhead. Pines stand on a hillside in the far distance at left.
Date:
June 27, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
History of Oregon Trail historical marker, Meacham, 1942

First George M. West family residence in Los Angeles, viewed from the front, Los Angeles, 1941

Description:
Photograph of the first house that the family of George M. West lived in when they arrived in Los Angeles. Sichel Street stretches across the foreground. The house stands on the opposite side of the street. A low concrete wall rises from the sidewalk and lines the front yard. The single-story home stands at center. A bay window extends from the right side of the front of the house. A porch stretches across the left side of the front of the house and extends back along the left side of the home. A neighboring house stands in partial view at left.
Date:
May 25, 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
First George M. West family residence in Los Angeles, viewed from the front, Los Angeles, 1941