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Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West and others walking between the elevated vaults in one of the St. Louis Cemeteries in New Orleans. A well-trodden grass pathway spans the width of the bottom edge and extends back towards the right. In the foreground at left, a uniformed man leads a group of sightseeing women through the grounds as he approaches the left frame. One woman stands directly behind and to the right of him. Several other women follow behind in a group, off-center to the right. Mertie West stands towards the back of this group at center. She faces camera and is fourth from the left. To the left of the group, 2 large vaults stand side-by-side behind a wrought-iron fence. Vaults are barely visible lining the right side of the pathway as it stretches into the distance. A large, opaque patch of white occupies the lower right corner.
Date:: October, 1947
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, 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

Description:: Photograph of the West's sightseeing bus parked in a parking lot in New Orleans. Grasses grow along and line the near side of the parking lot. They stretch through the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. A curb or barrier extends through the middle of the grassy landscaping. Beyond it sits the parking lot. The bus is parked in the near distance at center. It is viewed at an angle from the driver's side and rear, facing left. Along the side of the bus, it reads, "109 SEEIN[G] NEW ORLEANS." Beyond the bus, angled parking spaces and a vehicle are visible along the far edge of the lot at left. Trees line the lot's edge across the background. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower left corner.
Date:: October, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of oaks covered in Spanish moss standing in a park in New Orleans. A large, flat grass lawn extends across the foreground and into the distance. Several oak trees stand in a line along its back boundary in the distance at left. Tendrils of Spanish moss hang down from the tall trees. Hedges, pathways and other park trees stand in the distance at right. Large, streaks of white flank the image along the lower left and lower right edges.
Date:: October, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's house at 1644 Wellington Road. The house is two stories and has a Spanish-tiled carport at the right. There are bushes in front of the house and one by the curb. Another house is visible at the left and what may be a garage is visible in the background.
Date:: 1918
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Frank Lemberger kneels next to two rows of mackerel. Mr. Lemberger's head is not visible in the picture. He holds a pipe. The fish are on the grass and there is a sidewalk next to them. There are plants in the background.
Date:: about 1918
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Griffin Avenue Elementary School as viewed from the southeast. Griffin Avenue runs across the foreground in front of the school.
Date:: [circa 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: University of California student and 2 men watch a man repair a punctured tire on a car towing their trailer during a class trip to Morongo Valley.
Date:: May 21, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Members of the Wells, West and Whitaker families stand outside the snow-covered Neil Wells cabin in winter. Neil Wells is front and center shoveling snow and smoking a cigarette. Behind him, from left to right: Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, Frances (West) Wells, H. H. West, Jr. and Forrest Whitaker stand on the cabin's front porch.
Date:: winter 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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