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Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline pose for a photograph in front of a boulder in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline wading in Big Tujunga Creek and posing for a photograph in front of a boulder. Elizabeth and Frances West both wear matching white tops with a tie on the collar and dark-colored skirts. Frances Cline wears a light-colored plaid printed outfit. The creek flows from the lower right to mid-left center. Trees and chaparral are in the background.
Date:
1912
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline pose for a photograph in front of a boulder in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Tractor clearing the snow off of Jackson Lake, Big Pines vicinity, 1934

Description:
Photograph of about 5-6 men working on top of a frozen Jackson Lake to remove snow. The man on the left stands on the lake holding a broom. To his right, a man wearing ice skates pushes a plow-like apparatus. To his right, two men use brooms to remove the snow. To the right of them, a man drives a tractor across the lake. In the distance, another person stands on the ice. On the opposite side of the lake, a small structure with large chimney sits along the shore left-of-center of the photograph. A hillside covered in trees and snow slopes down towards the lake on the left and another hillside covered in trees and snow rises up in the background on the right. A white dwelling sits in the gap between these two hillsides in the background. In the foreground at right, a piping fixture rises out of the snow-covered ground.
Date:
winter 1934
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Tractor clearing the snow off of Jackson Lake, Big Pines vicinity, 1934

Margaret Leeper at age 16, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

Description:
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942. The name "Leeper" is mentioned in the memoir.
Date:
copied in 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Margaret Leeper at age 16, who may be related to an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, circa 1871, photograph copied in 1939

H. H. West's Cadillac parked at a lunch stand, Encinitas, 1918 or 1919

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West's Cadillac parked in the near distance outside a lunch stand along the roadside in Encinitas. A dirt road spans the foreground at an upward angle from right to left. Four tall trees stand off the road as they line the far side of the it. Behind and between them, a lunch stand stands at right and H. H. West's Cadillac is parked left-of-center. The car is viewed at an angle from the side and faces towards the right. An open field extends beyond the car and the lunch stand. Trees line the background in the far distance.
Date:
[between 1918-1919]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's Cadillac parked at a lunch stand, Encinitas, 1918 or 1919

Surveyors assessing a washed out portion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Description:
Distant photograph of two surveyors standing in the bottom of a wide ditch created by a washout of the Southern Pacific Railroad near San Dimas. The tunnel view of the ditch is widest along the bottom edge of the frame and recedes into the distance at center. Tall earthen walls line either side of the ditch. About halfway down the ditch, a surveyor stands next to his equipment at center. Another surveyor stands off to the left and leans against the dirt wall of the ditch. Lumber rests propped up against the ditch in the foreground at left. A fence lines the top of the ditch at right and utility poles line the top of the ditch at left.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Surveyors assessing a washed out portion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Southern Pacific Railroad's train track washout as viewed atop the ditch, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Description:
Photograph of a wide ditch created by the washout of the Southern Pacific Railroad near San Dimas. The tunnel view looks down into the ditch from above. It is widest along the bottom edge of the frame and recedes into the distance at center. A portion of the track extends into the frame at right. The track remnants hang over the ditch. Tall earthen walls sink down along either side of the ditch. A fence lines the top of the ditch at right and utility poles line the top of the ditch at left. Trees and hills stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Southern Pacific Railroad's train track washout as viewed atop the ditch, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Cars parked in front of Ridge Road Garage, Mendocino County, 1915

Description:
A poorly lit photograph of multiple cars parked in front of the Ridge Road Garage in Mendocino County. A dirt road passes across the image on an upward angle from left to right. A car is parked in the road, right-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and side; it faces right. Camping gear is attached to the rear of the car and a pennant affixed to a bundle reads, "LOS ANGELES." Behind this car and to the left stands "RIDGE ROAD GARAGE". The building enters the frame at left and extends just to the car nearest to camera. The sign for the business sits atop the roof. Additional signage on the building reads, "LUNCHES SANDW[ICH]ES CANNED GOODS," and "Miller Tires GEARED." Another car is parked in front of the building at left. It too is viewed at an angle from the side and faces right. A pennant on the side of this car reads, "HANFORD." A third car is parked in the distance to the right and ahead of the car at center; it faces right and its front end extends out of frame.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Cars parked in front of Ridge Road Garage, Mendocino County, 1915

Minnie West and Frances West sit in H. H. West's Buick, Little Lake, about 1914

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Minnie West and Frances West sitting in H. H. West's Buick, which is parked outside the old stone store in Little Lake. The Buick (partial view) is viewed from the side at an angle; it faces left. Minnie West sits in the driver's seat and faces towards the camera. Frances West sits in the back seat and faces forward. A dog walks in front of the car at right. At center, a small, wooden shack with a shed roof stands behind the car. A sign on the shack reads, "67 MILES TO [...]." At right, a building constructed of stone and wood stands behind the car and the small shack. Mountains rise in the background.
Date:
[circa 1914]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Minnie West and Frances West sit in H. H. West's Buick, Little Lake, about 1914

H. H. West's Buick approaches Donner Summit, Donner Pass, 1917

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West's Buick traveling along a snowy road and approaching a railroad crossing near Donner Summit. The car (partial view) is at the far right of the photograph. It is viewed from the rear as it travels towards the crossing in the distance. Half the car extends beyond the frame. Its license plate reads, "CAL 288 467." The road stretches out ahead of the car from the lower right corner up towards the center of the image. A few signs line the road. The sign at left reads, "GOODRICH RAILROAD TIRES." The sign at right is a railroad crossing sign. Further down the road, at right, another sign reads, "STOP CARS." The road inclines as it approaches the crossing. Railroad snow sheds run elevated above the road to the right and are parallel with it towards the crossing. To the left of the crossing, the snow shed extends to the left and into the distance.
Date:
1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's Buick approaches Donner Summit, Donner Pass, 1917

Horse-drawn sled in the snow, Buffalo vicinity, 1914

Description:
Horse-drawn sled in the snow. Two horses pull the sled and the one that is visible is covered with a blanket. There is a fur thrown over the back of the sled. In the background, there are parked cars and buildings, as well as utility poles and wires. Signs read, "Visit J. N. Adam & Co. Greater Buffalo Greatest Store."
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Horse-drawn sled in the snow, Buffalo vicinity, 1914

H. H. West Jr., Bob Wilcutt, George Temm, and another boy pose in their Boy Scouts uniforms in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, about 1932

Description:
H. H. West Jr., Bob Wilcutt, George Temm, and another boy pose in their Boy Scouts uniforms. West has a hand on his hip and holds the flag. The boy on the right holds the edge of the flag and has his arm around the boy next to him.
Date:
[about 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West Jr., Bob Wilcutt, George Temm, and another boy pose in their Boy Scouts uniforms in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, about 1932

West, Whitaker and Shaw camping party's campsite under a leaning pine, Mono County, 1941

Description:
Photograph of the West, Whitaker and Shaw party's campsite near Rock Creek and Toms Place. Their campsite stands in the near distance, just right-of-center. A canopied tent stands on the far side of a trail and behind a large, leaning pine tree. Someone stands beneath the canopy. Their camping supplies litter the area. Slightly in front and to the left of the canopy, a large pine tree stands. Only its trunk is visible. It rises from the ground, left-of-center, and leans over towards the right. A dirt path lined with rocks stretches from the lower right corner and up to the left. Trees stand in the background.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
West, Whitaker and Shaw camping party's campsite under a leaning pine, 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

Mertie West walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking away from the Shawcreek Lodge. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center. She faces towards the camera and looks to the left as she walks away from the lodge behind her. A person's arm enters the foreground along the left frame. Behind Mertie, a dirt pathway stretches through the middle of the image. It leads towards the front entrance of the lodge. Wood plank walkways lie on the ground in front of the entrance. Three men and a dog stand out front. The front entrance of the lodge stands at center. The enclosed entrance juts forward from the front of the building. Over the door, a sign reads, "SHAWCREEK BUS STOP." The building extends behind Mertie and across the image. It extends out-of-frame at left and right.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Trains sitting on the tracks, Curry, 1946

Description:
Photograph of 2 trains approaching the platform outside a hotel in Curry, Alaska. Two trails sit on railroad tracks in the distance at center. Both approach the camera as they billow steam from their chimneys. Their track curves from the distance at center and towards the lower left corner. Another set of tracks running parallel to it sits off to the left. A railroad worker stands along the left frame and holds up a sign. He is between the gap between the 2 sets of tracks. In the distance behind him, a water tower stands at far left and a roundhouse[?] stands to the right of the water tower. A wood-plank platform runs parallel along the right side of the tracks. It stretches back from the bottom edge and into the distance towards center. Partway down the platform, a few men stand huddled together. In the foreground and to the right of the tracks, a hut stands in partial view, facing to the left, along the right edge. A suitcase sits on the platform next to it.
Date:
August 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Trains sitting on the tracks, Curry, 1946

Mountainous landscape viewed from the road en route from Junction to Whittier, Whittier vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the landscape viewed by H. H. West as he traveled from Junction to Whittier. Railroad tracks enter frame in the lower left corner and stretch back into the image before curving back towards the left and out of view. Large rocks sit piled along the right side of the tracks. Further right of the tracks, a stream flows from the bottom edge and into the distance. Pines stand atop an elevated bank at right that juts towards the center of the image. At far left, a few buildings stand at the base of the mountains. Mountains rise across the background.
Date:
September 2, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mountainous landscape viewed from the road en route from Junction to Whittier, Whittier vicinity, 1946

Mountainous landscape viewed from the road en route to Whittier from Junction, Whittier vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the landscape viewed by H. H. West as he traveled from Junction to Whittier. Railroad tracks enter frame in the lower left corner and stretch back into the image before curving back towards the left and out of view. Large rocks sit piled along the right side of the tracks. Further right of the tracks, a stream flows from the bottom edge and into the distance at center. Pines stand atop an elevated bank at right that juts towards the center of the image on an upward angle. Mountains rise across the background.
Date:
September 2, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mountainous landscape viewed from the road en route to Whittier from Junction, Whittier vicinity, 1946

Nella West standing in a park, San Jose, about 1900

Description:
Photograph of Nella West standing in a park in San Jose. Nella stands at center on a walking path. She faces slightly to the left with her hands behind her back. The path she stands on extends across the image on a slightly upward angle from right to left. Flat, grassy ground surrounds the path at front and back. A little further in the distance, low trees stand and beyond the trees, a hillside rises.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Nella West standing in a park, San Jose, about 1900

West and Lemberger mining party sits around their campsite, Monrovia 1898

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Guy West, an unknown man (possibly Wayne West), George M. West and Frank Lemberger sitting outside their tent on a gold prospecting expedition in Monrovia. Guy sits on the ground, facing right and holding a gun. George M. West faces left as he stoops over a small fire pit in front of the tent. Frank Lemberger sits on a sawhorse and with pipe in his mouth as he looks to the camera. The group's tent stands behind them left-of-center. Gear litters the campsite and low hills rise in the distance.
Date:
October 30, 1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
West and Lemberger mining party sits around their campsite, Monrovia 1898

McCoy's Motor Lodge, viewed from the entrance, Phoenix, 1942

Description:
Photograph showing the McCoy's Motor Lodge complex in Phoenix. The Wests stayed here en route to visiting the Grand Canyon. A wide drive stretches from the foreground to a motel cabin, right-of-center, in the distance. Trees line the drive on the right side. Dirt drives, rock-lined lawns and motel cabins line the left side of the image. The cabins sit further back from the drive. A car is parked in the driveway of the cabin nearest to the camera.
Date:
May, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
McCoy's Motor Lodge, viewed from the entrance, Phoenix, 1942

Southwest 2nd Street, looking northeast, Corvallis, 1942

Description:
Photograph of what is currently Southwest 2nd Street, looking northeast, in Corvallis. The street stretches from the foreground and into the distance, left-of-center, towards the horizon. Cars are parked on an angle along both sides of the street. Commercial buildings line both sides of the street beyond the parked cars. Signs for the business on the right side of the road, from front to back, read: "Wester[n] Suppl[y]," "G[O]LDEN PHEASA[NT] FOOD SHOP," "WEST[ERN] UNION," "Wm Konick JEWEL[ER]," "CORVALLIS HOTEL," "RUGS," "HOTEL [UNI..?]," "CAFE," and "MAJESTIC." Etched across the frieze of the nearest building at left it reads, "[U]NITED STATES NATIONAL BANK." Signs on the other businesses lining the left side of the street, from front to back, read: "BERMANS DRUGS," another Berman's drugs sign, "SPAUGH'S," "MEATS," "Acme," and "T BONE."
Date:
June 30, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Southwest 2nd Street, looking northeast, Corvallis, 1942

Willamette River flowing through Salem, Salem, 1942

Description:
Photograph looking southwest and upstream at the Willamette River as it flows through Salem. The river is viewed from a bridge crossing over it. It occupies the width of the foreground. Minto Island sits in the near distance, left-of-center. The Willamette River flows towards the camera from the right side of the island and the Willamette Slough flows towards the camera from the left side of the island. Along the right edge and following the curve of the river is the left bank. Trees cover the land forms surrounding the river.
Date:
June 30, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Willamette River flowing through Salem, Salem, 1942

Elk sit beneath the pine trees, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
A blurry photograph of a couple of elk resting beneath pine trees, spotted while H. H. and Mertie West traveled between the Mammoth Hot Springs Area to Madison Junction. A flat landscape dotted by pine trees stretches across the foreground and into the distance. In the near distance at center, a pine tree stands and beneath it sits an elk. Another elk sits beneath a pine behind and to the left of the aforementioned pine. A stream flows behind the pines at left.
Date:
June 24, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elk sit beneath the pine trees, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Dave F. Smith standing by the cars near a log cabin in Phillips, Eldorado National Forest, 1913

Description:
Photograph of Dave F. Smith standing in the middle of a dirt road and lighting up a smoke while passing through Phillips. Dave F. Smith stands in the near distance at center. He faces slightly left as he brings both hands towards his face as if to light a cigarette. The dirt road he stands on stretches across the image at an upward angle from left to right. Two cars are parked off to the side of the far side of the road. They are parked parallel to the road and face left. The sit behind Dave Smith. Behind the rightmost car, a log cabin stands in partial view. At the end of the road at far right, another structure stands in the distance. Pines line the background.
Date:
1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith standing by the cars near a log cabin in Phillips, Eldorado National Forest, 1913

Bob Brain clipping his daughter Aileen's fingernails, Santa Monica, [about 1900]

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Bob Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Bob's lap and looks to the camera; her face is blurred. Bob holds Aileen on his lap and attempts to clip her fingernails; his gaze is cast downwards towards their hands. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bob Brain clipping his daughter Aileen's fingernails, Santa Monica, [about 1900]

H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934

Description:
H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform. West has an arm over Mrs. West's shoulders. He wears tall socks, a sash, and kerchief. Mrs. West wears a hat and a skirt. There are houses and trees behind them.
Date:
[about 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934

Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon, viewed from the side, Mount Vernon, 1914

Description:
Photograph of sightseers visiting the Washington family tomb and monument at Mount Vernon. A woman in a fur-trimmed coat stands with her back to camera at far right. Directly behind her, a short obelisk stands surrounded by a wrought-iron gate. At left, a brick-paved pathway leads towards the tomb. The tomb stands behind obelisk and is covered with ivy. The tomb's facade is viewed from the side and faces left. A few people gather near the tomb and peer into it in the background.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon, viewed from the side, Mount Vernon, 1914

Eastern façade of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate mansion, viewed from the southeast, Mount Vernon, 1914

Description:
Photograph of the eastern façade of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate mansion. It is viewed from the southeast. A 2-story piazza comprises the back porch with 8 columns. A decorative parapet sits atop the roof's eaves. A cupola rises from the center of the house. A side porch is partially visible at left. Chairs are lined up on the long back porch where visitors mill about and enter the building.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Eastern façade of George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate mansion, viewed from the southeast, Mount Vernon, 1914

Al Schmitz reclining in camp at Hessian Meadows, Olancha vicinity, 1914

Description:
An underexposed photograph of Al Schmitz reclining at his hunting party's campsite in Hessian Meadows. He lies on his side in the near distance at left and looks towards the camera. Another member of the camping party appears to lie on their back atop a mattress(?) to the right of him. A horse, viewed from the back(?), stands between the two men. The foreground is strewn with camping gear. The meadow stretches behind them and gives way to low, treed hills in the background.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al Schmitz reclining in camp at Hessian Meadows, Olancha vicinity, 1914

H. H. West and company's camp at Hessian Meadows, Olancha vicinity, 1919

Description:
An underexposed photograph of the campsite set up by H. H. West and company at Hessian Meadows. In the near distance, members of the camping party stand and sit around the campsite at center. A horse (maybe two) stand in partial view at left. A cart and additional horses stand behind the members of the traveling party. A large tree stands in the distance at left and Hessian Meadows stretches beyond it.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and company's camp at Hessian Meadows, Olancha vicinity, 1919

Corporal H. H. West, Jr. stands outside the Quonset hut at Fort Mears (photo, recto), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Description:
A poorly developed photograph of Corporal H. H. West, Jr. standing in front of the Quonset hut while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The image appears to be tilted slightly. In the foreground, snow covers the ground in front of the hut. H. H. West, Jr. stands at center and faces slightly left. He rests his hands in his pockets as he gazes off towards the left. The front of the hut stands directly behind him. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arched roof. Power lines extend from the building and out-of-frame along the top edge.
Date:
[Autumn, 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Corporal H. H. West, Jr. stands outside the Quonset hut at Fort Mears (photo, recto), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Corporal H. H. West, Jr. stands outside the Quonset hut at Fort Mears (negative), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Corporal H. H. West, Jr. standing in front of the Quonset hut while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The image appears to be tilted slightly. In the foreground, snow covers the ground in front of the hut. H. H. West, Jr. stands at center and faces slightly left. He rests his hands in his pockets as he gazes off towards the left. The front of the hut stands directly behind him. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arched roof. Power lines extend from the building and out-of-frame along the top edge.
Date:
[Autumn, 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Corporal H. H. West, Jr. stands outside the Quonset hut at Fort Mears (negative), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Fellow serviceman of H. H. West, Jr. poses with a rifle outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943

Description:
Photograph of a companion of H. H. West, Jr. standing on a patch of snow and posing with a rifle outside the barracks while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The young man stands at center. He is dressed in his military uniform and takes an athletic stance while posing which his rifle. He holds it at the ready and looks towards the right. He stands on a patch of snow that covers the ground around him and extends back into the image. Behind and to the right of the serviceman, the side of a Quonset hut stretches across the image. It enters frame at right. It is constructed of corrugated sheet metal and has an arced roof. A low hill covered in patches of snow stands in the distance at left.
Date:
June, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Fellow serviceman of H. H. West, Jr. poses with a rifle outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943

Two companions of H. H. West, Jr., pose in the snow outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943

Description:
Photograph of two companions of H. H. West, Jr. standing in a patch of snow and posing with rifles outside the barracks while stationed in Dutch Harbor during World War II. The two young men stand at center. They are dressed in their military uniforms and look to the camera with their rifles slung over their shoulders. They stand on a patch of snow that covers the ground around them and extends back to the left. Behind the 2 servicemen, the side of a Quonset hut stretches across the image. It enters frame at right. It is constructed of corrugated sheet metal and has an arced roof. From the roof, a narrow chimney stands at right; dark smoke billows from it. A low hill covered in patches of snow stands in the distance at left.
Date:
June, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Two companions of H. H. West, Jr., pose in the snow outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943

A small stack of rocks and wood planks piled on a small hillside, Germanville, 1900

Description:
Photograph of two hillsides, taken by John Lemberger. One hillside rises in the foreground at right, and the other rises behind it in the background at left. A small pile of rocks and planks sit at center on the hillside at right. Trees stand on the hillsides in the distance.
Date:
October, 1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Lemberger, John L., 1846-1932
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A small stack of rocks and wood planks piled on a small hillside, Germanville, 1900

Will Mead poses with a grapefruit tree, Glendale, 1898

Description:
Photograph of Will Mead kneeling on the ground next to a grapefruit tree at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The tree stands at left and Will kneels, with one knee to the ground, to the right of it. He cradles a bunch of grapefruit in one arm and holds the barrel of a gun in the other. The gun is oriented upwards with the butt of the gun resting on the ground. Will looks at the bunch of grapefruit he cradles. Trees dot the background and a mountain rises in the distance.
Date:
1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Mead poses with a grapefruit tree, Glendale, 1898

Mertie West helps H. H. West, Jr. balance a block of ice on his head, Redlands vicinity, about 1930

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West as she places a block of snow atop H. H. West, Jr.'s head. He sits/leans on a built up mound of snow and sticks his tongue out to camera. Mertie stands behind him and tries to balance a block of snow on his head. The front porch of rustic-style dwelling stands at right.
Date:
[about 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West helps H. H. West, Jr. balance a block of ice on his head, Redlands vicinity, about 1930

Woman walks down Fifth Avenue, New York, 1914

Description:
Woman walks down Fifth Avenue. She wears a hat and what may be a fur coat. Across the street, there are cars, buildings, and streetlamps, as well as other pedestrians. The shadows of two other people are visible at the bottom right of the photograph. A billboard at the left reads, "C. T. Silver Overland Willys Knight Peerless automobiles Broadway at 57 St." There is another billboard for C. T. Silver below that.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woman walks down Fifth Avenue, New York, 1914

Christina Schmitz, H. H. West, Minnie West, Frances Cline and Elizabeth West riding an Osborn Electriquette along El Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego, [about 1915]

Description:
According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The Home Economy Building, viewed here was not built until 1915. It is likely that this image was taken around 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in this set of photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Christina Schmitz, H. H. West, Minnie West, Frances Cline and Elizabeth West riding an Osborn Electriquette along El Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego, [about 1915]

Nella West reads a newspaper and Mary A. West uses binoculars during a stop along the road, Owens Lake (Inyo County), 1913

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of Mary A. West and Nella West taking a break during a roadside stop along the aqueduct road by Owens Lake. Mary A. West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and holds a pair of binoculars. She is only visible from the torso up and faces towards the right. Behind her and to the left, H. H. West's Buick is parked on the dirt road. It is in partial view and is seen at an angle from the side. The car faces left and the front end extends out of the left edge of the frame. The driver's door swings open. Nella West sits in the backseat and holds up a newspaper. She faces left and is obscured by the newspaper. The dirt road extends back towards the right from behind the car. A rocky, earthen mound stands parallel on the far side of the road behind the car. A sliver of a mountain is visible in the far distance at right.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Nella West reads a newspaper and Mary A. West uses binoculars during a stop along the road, Owens Lake (Inyo County), 1913

Dave F. Smith standing by the stove in the campsite near Cottonwood Creek, Inyo County, 1913

Description:
Photograph of Dave F. Smith standing in the Smith-West tour party's campsite near Cottonwood Creek. Dirt ground sprawls across the foreground. Dave F. Smith stands in the near distance, left-of-center. He faces slightly left and stands behind the camp stove, which billows smoke across the image towards the right. Pots and other camping equipment sit on a line of rocks retaining an outcrop of trees to the left of Dave. A car is parked behind and to the right of him. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly right. Additional gear is spread across the ground between Dave and the vehicle. Trees stand in the background.
Date:
[between August 31, 1913-September 1, 1913]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith standing by the stove in the campsite near Cottonwood Creek, Inyo County, 1913

Cleo Swain fixing up a meal, Los Padres National Forest vicinity, about 1917

Description:
A shadowy photograph of Cleo Swain holding a pot and fixing up a meal at the group's campsite near Piru Creek. Cleo Swain stands in shadow at right. He stands hunched over a bowl or pot he holds and appears to look down towards his hands. To his left, cooking utensils, food canisters, trunks and crates sit on the sandy ground. Up a small slope, behind and to the left of Cleo, a tent is pitched. A couple of trees stand directly behind him in the shadows.
Date:
[circa 1917]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Cleo Swain fixing up a meal, Los Padres National Forest vicinity, about 1917

William Shaw sits at a campsite while three others (probably Mertie West and Agnes and Forrest Whitaker) stand in the background, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Description:
William Shaw sits at a campsite while three others (probably Mertie West and Agnes and Forrest Whitaker) stand in the background. The three others stand by a table. There are chairs and other items on the ground at the left and right. There are mountains in the background.
Date:
About 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
William Shaw sits at a campsite while three others (probably Mertie West and Agnes and Forrest Whitaker) stand in the background, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Mertie Whitaker, Mrs. Rucher, Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger, and Rolla Rucher at the train station, Crafton, 1901

Description:
Mertie Whitaker, Mrs. Rucher, Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger, and Rolla Rucher at the train station in Crafton. The railroad tracks an a pole are visible in the background. All four people wear hats, the women's are covered in flowers and ribbons. Mrs. West holds a flower, Mrs. Warder holds a purse.
Date:
April 28, 1901
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie Whitaker, Mrs. Rucher, Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger, and Rolla Rucher at the train station, Crafton, 1901

Elizabeth West builds a tiny snowman, Mount Wilson vicinity, about 1911

Description:
Photograph of Elizabeth West tending to a small snowman she is building. She stands at center on a slight uphill slope and hunches over facing the left. Her hands reach out to the sides of a small snowman standing on the ground to the left. She appears to pat the sides of the snowman. The snowman balances a piece of snow on its head. In the background, trees line the horizon. A tree at right is stripped of its branches. Someone casts a shadow into the lower right corner of the image.
Date:
[circa 1911]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West builds a tiny snowman, Mount Wilson vicinity, about 1911

Frances Cline and Frances West wade through water in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances Cline and Frances West wading through knee-high water in Big Tujunga Creek. In the near distance at the center of the photograph, Frances Cline hikes up her plaid skirt as she wades through knee-high water. Frances West stands ahead of her on the right and looks back towards her. She holds a rectangular container in one hand and is dressed in a dark-colored skirt and white blouse. Large boulders and chaparral can be seen in the background.
Date:
1912
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances Cline and Frances West wade through water in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Mary West, Frances West and Wilfrid M. Cline lunch under the trees at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Wilfrid M. Cline, Mary West and Frances West picnicking on the shore of Elizabeth Lake. Hattie sits on the ground with a picnic basket to her left. Elizabeth is to her right and holds her hands to her mouth. Wilfrid Cline is reclined on his side in front of the rest of the group. His back is to camera as he drinks from a bottle. Behind him, Mary West sits and looks to camera. Between Mary and Wilfrid, Frances sits and reaches towards the center of the group. Between the group, bottles, cans and boxes sit on the ground. The lake stretches behind them and hills rise beyond the lake.
Date:
[about 1912]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Mary West, Frances West and Wilfrid M. Cline lunch under the trees at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Mary A. West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West and Wilfrid Cline stopped on the side of the road, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Description:
An underexposed photograph, from right to left, of Mary A. West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Wilfrid M. Cline and Elmer Cole at their cars that are parked on the side of the road at Elizabeth Lake. Mary, Hattie and Elizabeth sit in the tonneau of the car parked at left. The car (partial view) faces towards the left and they are viewed from the side. The car is parked under a tree. Wilfrid Cline stands to the rear side of the car slightly behind them to the right and looks to camera. In the background behind Wilfrid at right, Elmer Cole stands with his back to the camera in front of another car (partial view). He appears to be filling the car's radiator.
Date:
[about 1912]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary A. West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West and Wilfrid Cline stopped on the side of the road, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Mary West and Wilfrid M. Cline lunch under the trees at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Hattie M. Cline, Elizabeth West, Mary West and Wilfrid M. Cline having a picnic near the bank of Elizabeth Lake. Frances West sits between Mary West and Wilfrid Cline, but is obscured by a bottle that Wilfrid holds. The group sits around a cloth that lays on the sand. Atop the cloth are cans, canisters, cups, boxes and bottles. A picnic basket sits in front of Hattie Cline. Hattie, Elizabeth and Mary all look to the camera. Wilfrid is reclined on his side and drinks from a bottle. A purse hangs from a tree that stands between Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth Lake is visible on the left. Hills rise behind it.
Date:
[about 1912]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West, Mary West and Wilfrid M. Cline lunch under the trees at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Glen Velzy fixing a headlight on H. H. West's Buick, Lancaster vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph of Glen Velzy (left) fixing a headlight on H. H. West's Buick while Mary West (right) watches him near Elizabeth Lake. The car is parked at center and faces forward. Glen Velzy leans over the left headlight of the car with his back to the camera. Mary West sits in the car and looks to the camera. A one-story dwelling stands behind them at left. A hotel (partial view) stands on the right. A sign on the side of the building reads, "LAKE HOTEL E. OILS [unreadable signage] RAIN." The car's license plate reads, "50637 1915."
Date:
August, 1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy fixing a headlight on H. H. West's Buick, Lancaster vicinity, 1915

Frances West, Mary West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West and Wilfrid M. Cline pose under a tree, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Frances West, Mary West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West and Wilfrid M. Cline standing under a tree and posing for a photograph near Elizabeth Lake. The group stands in two rows. The children (Frances and Elizabeth, left and right) stand in front and Mary, Hattie and Wilfrid stand behind them. They all stand in front of and under a large tree on the side of a dirt road.
Date:
[about 1912]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances West, Mary West, Hattie Cline, Elizabeth West and Wilfrid M. Cline pose under a tree, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Mary West, Frances West and Wilfrid M. Cline eat lunch at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary West, Frances West and Wilfrid M. Cline (partial view) lunching in front of a hillside near Elizabeth Lake. All three look to camera. Wilfrid Cline leans into the photograph at right. A cloth with bottles, cans and boxes lays in front of them. A purse hangs from a tree in the upper left corner.
Date:
[about 1912]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary West, Frances West and Wilfrid M. Cline eat lunch at Elizabeth Lake, Lancaster vicinity, about 1912

Three men stand at the Safford train station ticketing window, Safford, 1895

Description:
Photograph of three men (one is presumed to be Cuthbert Kellum according to the caption) standing in front of the ticketing window of the Safford train station. The man at center holds a hat. The men to either side of him face him and rest their arms on a ledge. At far right, two men sit under an eave and another man stands in front of them. In front of the station, railroad tracks cut across the lower right corner. Two barrels sit on the ground between the tracks and and the station. A sign above the ticketing windows reads, "SAFFORD."
Date:
1895
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Three men stand at the Safford train station ticketing window, Safford, 1895

Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline wade in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances Cline (partially obscured), Elizabeth West and Frances West wading in Big Tujunga Creek. Frances Cline appears to be tangled up behind Elizabeth West and is partially obscured. She wears a light-colored plaid outfit. Elizabeth West and Frances West face each other, but both look bemusedly at something out-of-frame on the right. Both girls wear dark-colored skirts, matching white tops and bows in their hair. Frances West holds a small rectangular container in her hand. A large boulder lies in the water behind the trio. Boulders and chaparral are scattered across the mountainside in the background.
Date:
1912
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline wade in Big Tujunga Creek, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

A man named Davis and Will Mead sit in a citrus grove, Glendale, 1898

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of a man named Davis and Will Mead sitting on the ground in front of a citrus tree in a citrus grove at Captain C. E. (Cameron Erskine) Thom's ranch in Glendale. The duo sits to the right and in front of a short citrus tree. Davis is at center peeling a piece of fruit and looking to camera. To his right, Will Mead faces slightly to the right and looks to camera. He holds a small knife with a piece of fruit skewered atop it. Behind them, citrus trees stretch into the distance.
Date:
1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A man named Davis and Will Mead sit in a citrus grove, Glendale, 1898