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A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Photograph of a neighborhood boy standing on a lawn lining Griffin Avenue while the old Quayle properties stand on the far side of the street. The front lawn of a house stretches across the foreground. A boy in baggy overalls dons a yarmulke(?) while he stands on the lawn at center. Behind him, a sidewalk lines Griffin Avenue which passes across the mid-ground. Three houses stand in a row on the opposite side of the street. A palm tree stands in front of each of the houses and a car is parked in front of the rightmost house.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

A fisherman mending his net by the station in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Description:
Photograph of a fisherman mending his net near the Southern Pacific Railroad station in San Pedro. The side of a building stands at left and stretches back towards the center. Along the bottom half of the building hangs a fishing net. The fisherman sits on a crate at center in the near distance. He sits facing the net to the left and reaches out to trim the netting. A dog stands directly behind him. Wood planks cover the ground and extend back towards a single-story building that stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa 1898]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A fisherman mending his net by the station in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

A fisherman mending his net on the wharf in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Description:
Photograph of a fisherman sitting on the wharf in San Pedro and mending his fishing net. The fisherman sits at center atop a crate and faces towards the right. He mends the netting which hangs from a railing to his right. A dog lies on the pier in front of him and to the left. The pier extends behind him from the lower left corner and up towards the center of the image. At far left a set of stairs rise from the pier and stretch beyond the frame. Water is visible just off the pier. On the opposite shore, houses stand in the distance and are reflected in the water.
Date:
[circa 1898]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A fisherman mending his net on the wharf in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose pose outside the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose posing outside the Ambrose home on North Hellman Street (now Avenue 24). Agnes Ebey stands at left with hands clasped behind her back. She faces slightly right and tilts her head to look to the camera. Louise Ambrose stands at right. She too looks to the camera as she clasps her hands behind her back. Palm fronds grow behind them.
Date:
[circa 1894]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose pose outside the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Photograph of six boys and a man posing for an informal group photograph at Sycamore Park after taking tests for the Boy Scouts. Three boys stand on the left, a man stands center with newspapers and books under his arms, and three boys stand on the right, including H. H. West, Jr. on the far right. They stand on a sidewalk and are surrounded by trees. On the sidewalk near their feet, the shadow of a man wearing a hat is visible towards the center of the photograph.
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931

Alexander Campbell and "Old man" Smith wait for a train at Naud Junction, Los Angeles, 1900

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Alexander Campbell and "Old man" Smith standing at Naud Junction and waiting for a train to Irwindale. They stand at the intersection of Alameda and Main Streets in Los Angeles on a bare patch of land between the tracks. Alexander Campbell stands at center and holds a cane. He is in profile and faces right. "Old man" Smith stands to the right of him with his back turned towards camera. Right of him, telephone poles stand. Tracks stretch towards the horizon on either sideof them and converge in the distance. A signal tower stands in the distance at left and buildings line the tracks at right.
Date:
1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alexander Campbell and "Old man" Smith wait for a train at Naud Junction, Los Angeles, 1900

Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott pose while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott posing while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. Al Fallon stands at left. He faces slightly right and looks to the camera. To his right, Rhetta Strayhorn Scott faces slightly left and looks to the camera. Plants, trees and shrubbery stand in the background directly behind them.
Date:
June 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott pose while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, 1940

Alice Baltzell Tibbetts, Fannie Mead Biddick, and William Biddick stand together at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Alice Baltzell Tibbetts, Fannie Mead Biddick, and William Biddick stand together at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. Mrs. Tibbetts wears a coat with a fur collar and a hat. Mrs. Biddick holds her hand at her chest and in her other hand holds her purse. Mr. Biddick has a rolled up piece of paper under his arm. At the right, a woman sits on a chair with her legs crossed. There are other people in the background, as well as trees.
Date:
February 25, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Baltzell Tibbetts, Fannie Mead Biddick, and William Biddick stand together at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Alice Gordon poses for a silhouette portrait, Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
A silhouetted photographic portrait of Alice Gordon taken at the West's residence on South Griffin Avenue. Alice Gordon is viewed close-up and in profile, facing left. Her profile and feathered hat are covered in shadow. Behind her, light streams through a sheet that covers a window.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Gordon poses for a silhouette portrait, Los Angeles, about 1900

Alice Gordon poses in the side yard of the Lacy residence, Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Alice Gordon posing while standing near the Lacy residence on West Ninth Street. Alice Gordon stands at center, facing slightly right, and glances past the camera. To the left of her, the corner of a house stands along the left edge of the image. Shrubbery stands immediately behind Alice at right. A trench of dirt spans the image behind Alice, stretching between her and the house at left. In the distance, another structure stands behind and to the left of Alice.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Gordon poses in the side yard of the Lacy residence, Los Angeles, about 1900

Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Kate Schmitz and three other women pose on the Velzy's front lawn, Los Angeles, about 1915

Description:
Photograph of 6 women posing on the front lawn of the Velzy's residence during a party. The women are grouped together in 2 rows in the near distance at center. Standing in the back, from left to right, are: Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy and Kate Schmitz. All three three stand with their hands behind their backs as they look to the camera. Three unknown women sit in a row on the ground in front of them, off-center to the right. The leftmost woman in front kneels on the ground and rests her hands to her hips as she looks to the camera. The other two women sit, facing left, and look to the camera. Behind the women, shrubbery lines the edge of the lawn. A neighbor's house stands behind them at left. The street and sidewalk pass alongside the yard at right.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Kate Schmitz and three other women pose on the Velzy's front lawn, Los Angeles, about 1915

Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz and two other women pose in the Velzy's backyard, Los Angeles, about 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right (or back to front), of Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz and two unidentified women standing in a line and posing while attending a party at the Velzy residence. The six women stand in a line at right that extends back and to the left. Each woman rests a hand to the shoulder of the woman standing in front of them. All the women lean their heads to the left, except for an unknown woman standing at the front of the line. They stand in the Velzy's backyard. A house stands in partial view in the near distance along the right edge of the image. Latticed fencing lines the edge of the yard in the distance at left. Beyond the fencing, a neighbor's house stands in the background at left.
Date:
[circa 1915]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Schmitz, Bessie Velzy, Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz and two other women pose in the Velzy's backyard, Los Angeles, about 1915

Alice Shaw and others wash dishes in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Alice Shaw and 2 unidentified women washing dishes in the rear yard of William H. Shaw's home in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. The women stand in the near distance in the middle of the yard. A chair sits in the foreground in the lower left corner. Beyond it at center and extending right, tables are lined up in a row. A small washing tub and dishes sit atop the tables. One unidentified woman at left stands in profile at the head of the tables. She faces right as she washes a dish in the washing tub. Alice Shaw stands behind the tables at center and to the right of the woman at left. She faces slightly towards camera and appears to place at dish onto the table. To the right of her, another woman stands behind the table. She stands in partial view along the right edge. Behind the women and to the right, William H. Shaw's house stands in partial view. Behind the group at left, a low brick wall lines the yard and beyond it, a neighbor's house stands in the background.
Date:
July 4, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Shaw and others wash dishes in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Alice Shaw washes a salad bowl in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Alice Shaw and 2 unidentified women washing dishes in the rear yard of William H. Shaw's home in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. Two women stand in the foreground and are turned away from camera. One stands in partial view along the right edge with her back to the camera. The other woman stands at left, also in partial view along the edge, in profile, facing right, and looking back towards center. She holds a dish in a small tub in front of her. Between the 2 women, a table sits in the middle of the yard. Dishes and a washing tub sit atop it. Beyond the table, Alice Shaw stands at center in the middle of the yard. She faces towards the camera, but looks down to as she dries a large salad bowl. Behind her and to the right, William H. Shaw's house stands in partial view.
Date:
July 4, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alice Shaw washes a salad bowl in the rear yard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1945

Aluminum window leaning against a wall, 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 third of the image on an upward angle from right to left. At center, an aluminum window stands propped open, leaning against a wall. It is viewed at an angle facing left. 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. Along the upper left edge, a door and a window are inset into the building; both are in partial view. The corner of another window enters frame from the upper right corner. 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
Aluminum window leaning against a wall, Los Angeles, 1948

Aluminum window posed on the sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of an aluminum window posed on a Los Angeles sidewalk, as viewed straight-on. A sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. At center, an aluminum window sits on the sidewalk, leaning back against the exterior wall of a brick building. The brick wall is viewed close-up and stretches across the background, occupying the upper portion of the image. An opaque, white patch sits in the lower left corner.
Date:
January, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Aluminum window posed on the sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

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

Alvin Anderson helps Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Alvin Anderson helping Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard on South Griffin Avenue. The corner of a house stands along the right edge of the image. A brick paved walkway extends from the house and towards the center of the image in the foreground. Plants extend from the backside of the house. A dirt drive stretches from the pavers and to the left. A car sits in partial view along the left edge of the image. In the near distance, brick pavers line the edge of a flower garden that stretches across the image. Paul Brooks and 3 women stand with their backs to the camera in the middle of the garden at right. Paul stands leftmost of the group. Standing to the left of him is Alvin Anderson, a neighbor of Cornett's. He stands left-of-center in the middle of the garden and faces towards the left. Behind him, a ladder stands near a fence. Wooden fencing lines the far side of the garden. A house stands on the other side of the fence.
Date:
[April 9, 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alvin Anderson helps Paul Brooks and his family get some flowers from Frank Cornett's backyard, Los Angeles, 1939

Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Miss Ann Roth/Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. posing at the altar of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood on her wedding day. Ann Roth (West) stands, left-of-center, in her wedding gown. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera while holding a bouquet of flowers. Floral arrangements and candles are arranged symmetrically on the altar behind her.
Date:
August 19, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ann Roth (Mrs. H. H. West, Jr.) poses at the alter on her wedding day, Los Angeles, 1945

Ann Roth, P.F.C. Henry H. West, Jr. and Mertie West pose next to a car parked along North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Close-up photograph, from left to right, of Ann Roth, H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing while standing next to a car parked along North Ridgewood Place. The trio stands in a row, left-of-center. All three look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. wraps an arm each around Ann Roth's shoulder and Mertie West's shoulder. He is dressed in his military uniform. His suitcase sits on the grass in front of him. Writing on the suitcase reads, "H.H.WEST JR 19028528 US.QMC." A car is parked along the curb directly behind them. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces right. It is parked along North Ridgewood Place, which extends on an upward angle through the image from left to right behind the group. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.
Date:
April, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ann Roth, P.F.C. Henry H. West, Jr. and Mertie West pose next to a car parked along North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Arthur C. Crowell and J. E. Smith pose together on the front walkway outside J. E. Smith's home, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Arthur C. Crowell and J. E. Smith standing on the front walkway outside J. E. Smith's home on South Eastlake Avenue. The two men look to the camera as they stand side-by-side at center on the concrete walkway that cuts through the front lawn. Arthur Crowell places a hand in his pocket and J. E. Smith stands with his hands behind his back. The walkway stretches on a slight upward angle beneath them from the lower left corner to the right. J. E.'s front lawn extends behind and to the left of the 2 men. A short palm tree stands at the edge of the yard behind Arthur, abutting a neighbor's fence. The sidewalk and South Eastlake Avenue pass through the image at right on an upward angle from right to left, running perpendicular to the walkway. Directly behind Arthur and J. E., South Eastlake and Darwin Avenues intersect. Neighboring houses are visible lining Darwin Avenue in the background at right.
Date:
November, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Arthur C. Crowell and J. E. Smith pose together on the front walkway outside J. E. Smith's home, Los Angeles, 1943

Asbury Methodist Church, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, about 1930

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of the Asbury Methodist Church standing along Workman Street. The church stands in the near distance at center. It is viewed at a slight angle from the front and faces left. Stairs lead to the main entrance at left. A stained glass window detail is situated above it. To the right of the main entry, a bell tower stands. An arcade with 4 arches stretches to the right of the bell tower. Another set of steps lead from the sidewalk and up to the arcade. Another section of the church stands to the right of the arcade. Two houses in partial view stand on either side of the church along the edges of the image.
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Asbury Methodist Church, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, about 1930

Asphalt roller on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Description:
View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. An asphalt roller is on the road in the middle ground. In the background are workers spreading asphalt and talking in small groups, and parked cars. The curbs and sidewalks are complete and one street light is visible. The landscape is populated by eucalyptus trees
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Asphalt roller on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Description:
View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. The curbs and sidewalks are complete. Three trucks with asphalt, two asphalt rollers and fifteen workers holding rakes and shovels are on the road as a man in a light colored suit and cap standing near a parked car observes. Signs on the asphalt trucks read: "...REX TEELE, INC.,...Santa Monica." Signs on the rollers read: "L.A. Paving Co. Incorporated, E. R. Werdin, Gen. Mgr." Eucalyptus trees are visible beyond
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Asphalt trucks and workers on road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929

Attendees of the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Attendees of the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. Two women's backs are to the camera. Two men wear hats and two women are at the left, one wearing a necklace and the other wearing a hat. A woman is at the center of the group along with a child. There are other people in the background, as well as trees.
Date:
February 25, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Attendees of the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Backside of H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of the backside of H. H. West's home on Griffin Avenue, taken after the removal of vines and rose bushes. Overgrown grass spans the yard in the foreground. The yard stretches back at right, towards the rear of the house. The back of the house is viewed close-up and at an angle. The side of the house extends out-of-frame at right. The first story of the house is constructed of slats and the upper story is constructed of shingles. A shed juts out from the back of the house at center. To the left of it, a long staircase leads up to the second floor. In front of the shed and to the right of the staircase, a concrete patio sits in the yard. Two chairs line the near left edge of the patio. A tree stands along the left edge of the image and hovers over the patio.
Date:
October, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Backside of H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1943

Backside of H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue, viewed from the yard, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of the backside of H. H. West's home on Griffin Avenue, taken after the removal of vines and rose bushes. Overgrown grass spans the yard in the foreground. The yard stretches back towards the rear of the house. A concrete walkway extends back at left towards a door on the backside of the house. The back of the house is viewed straight-on at a slight distance. The first story of the house is constructed of slats and the upper story is constructed of shingles. A shed juts out from the back of the house at center. To the left of it, a long staircase leads up an entrance on the second floor. In front of the shed and to the right of the staircase, a concrete patio extends towards the camera. Two chairs sit atop the patio. A tree stands in the foreground along the right edge of the image.
Date:
October, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Backside of H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue, viewed from the yard, Los Angeles, 1943

Backyard of H. H. West's residence, looking southeast, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of the backyard of H. H. West's home on Griffin Avenue, viewed from the northwest and looking towards a neighbor's house. A tree stands in the foreground at right. To the left of the tree, a concrete patio extends from the back of the house that stands in partial view along the left edge. Two chairs and a pot sit atop the patio and beneath the tree at right. Overgrown grass stretches from behind the patio and across the image towards a fence. A wood slat fence enters frame at right and extends on a slight angle to the left. It abuts a lattice fence that extends from the side of the house at left. Behind the fence, the side and back of a neighbor's house is viewed at an angle.
Date:
October, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Backyard of H. H. West's residence, looking southeast, Los Angeles, 1943

Backyard of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1897

Description:
Backyard of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. There are plants and trees scattered throughout, as well as wooden stakes sticking up from the ground. The house has two chimneys and a screened-in back porch. The neighboring house is visible at the right and another house and trees are visible in the background.
Date:
1897
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Backyard of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1897

Backyard of the West's house, Los Angeles, 1897

Description:
Backyard of the West's house. H. H. West's brother, Wayne, sits on a chair at the right holding a book. The backyard is manicured with plants and small trees. A fence surrounds it and there is a shed at the back with shovels leaning up against it. The house is visible at the right. There are other houses visible in the background.
Date:
1897
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Backyard of the West's house, Los Angeles, 1897

Bacon and Newquist working on a lock, 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
Bacon and Newquist working on a lock, Los Angeles, 1948

Ben Tyler, Lena Weideman, Mary Dixon, Daisy Connor, and Mr. Weideman sit on the grass in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park, Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
Ben Tyler, Lena Weideman, Mary Dixon, Daisy Conner, and Mr. Weideman sit on the grass in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. Mr. Tyler holds his hand to his face. Mr. Weideman has a mustache. The women all wear large hats with feathers and other decorations on top. There are trees in the background.
Date:
about 1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ben Tyler, Lena Weideman, Mary Dixon, Daisy Connor, and Mr. Weideman sit on the grass in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park, Los Angeles, about 1900

Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Mrs. George M. West and Elizabeth West stand on the shore and gaze towards the water, Los Angeles, about 1910

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Minnie West and Elizabeth West standing on the shore in San Pedro and gazing out over the water. The group mostly stands at center with Elizabeth standing at right. All but Glen Velzy look out towards the water to the right; he looks down towards Frances West. Minnie West, Frances West, Glen Velzy and Bessie West stand in a row at center that extends back and to the left. Frances stands mostly hidden between Minnie and Glen. Elizabeth stands in front of the group at right. They stand on a shore lined by a rock barrier that passes in front of them. It stretches across the image at an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the left and behind the group. Deadman's Island sits out in the water behind and to the left of Bessie. Water spans the entire image.
Date:
[circa 1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Mrs. George M. West and Elizabeth West stand on the shore and gaze towards the water, Los Angeles, about 1910

Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Mrs. George M. West and Elizabeth West stand on the shore and look towards the water, Los Angeles, about 1910

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Minnie West and Elizabeth West standing on the shore in San Pedro and gazing out over the water. The group mostly stands at center with Elizabeth standing at right. All look out towards the water to the right. Minnie West, Frances West, Glen Velzy and Bessie West stand in a row at center that extends back and to the left. Frances stands mostly hidden between Minnie and Glen. Elizabeth stands in front of the group at right. They stand on a shore lined by a rock barrier that passes in front of them. It stretches across the image at an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the left and behind the group. Deadman's Island sits out in the water behind and to the left of Bessie. Water spans the entire image.
Date:
[circa 1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bessie Velzy, Glen Velzy, Frances West, Mrs. George M. West and Elizabeth West stand on the shore and look towards the water, Los Angeles, about 1910

Bessie Velzy sits on a fountain with three other women across the street from Mission San Fernando Rey de España, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, 1909

Description:
Bessie Velzy sits on a fountain with three other women across the street from Mission San Fernando Rey de España. All four women wear hats. Mrs. Velzy has a black bow on her shirt. In the background, just in front of the mission, there is a bell with a sign attached that reads, in part, "El Camino Real." The fountain is crumbling at various points. The mission has a Spanish tiled roof. There is a tree at the right.
Date:
1909
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bessie Velzy sits on a fountain with three other women across the street from Mission San Fernando Rey de España, Mission Hills, Los Angeles, 1909

Bessie Velzy sits on a tree while her husband, Glen Velzy, leans on her in Chatsworth Park, Los Angeles, about 1910

Description:
Bessie Velzy sits on a tree while her husband, Glen Velzy, leans on her in Chatsworth Park. Glen holds his hat in one hand and the other hand is at the back of his head. Bessie wears boots. There are other trees in the background and grass in the foreground.
Date:
[about 1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bessie Velzy sits on a tree while her husband, Glen Velzy, leans on her in Chatsworth Park, Los Angeles, about 1910

Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Bird's-eye view towards Santa Monica Canyon where Chautauqua Blvd. and West Channel Road end at Pacific Coast Highway on the coast, with the ocean and the Pacific Palisades cliffs beyond. The canyon area has buildings and open land and there are two houses on the beach. A sign at the top of the cliff reads: "This is Huntington Palisades." A sign on a building on West Channel Road reads: "Law's Pharmacy."
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Bird's-eye view towards the entrance to Santa Monica Canyon on the Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, 1928

Bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of several small bouquets of Bahia flowers lying in the grass near gravestones in Inglewood Cemetery. A cemetery driveway passes across the foreground. At center and just up from the curb, several bouquets of Bahias lie in an arrangement on the grass. They extend back in 2 lines. Grave markers flush to the ground surround the bouquets. In the distance, gravestones and trees stand throughout the cemetery's grounds.
Date:
July, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Boxes of Stakmore folding chairs sit on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of boxes of Stakmore chairs sitting on the curb outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The boxes sit clumped together on the sidewalk at center. The box nearest to camera lies horizontally on a hand truck. Chairs jut out of the top of the box at left. Behind it, a few more boxes sit on the sidewalk; all appear to be damaged. Printed on the boxes, it reads (upside down), "IMPORTANT! KEEP THIS SIDE UP STAKMORE ARISTOCRATS OF FOLDING FURNITURE STAKMORE CO. INC. OWEGO TIOGA, CO. N.Y." The sidewalk stretches back through center and into the distance. Omar Avenue runs alongside it at left. The offices for the H. H. West Company sit at right. Cars line Omar Avenue as it stretches into the distance. At right, the front of the H. H. West Company's offices stands in partial view. It faces left. East 3rd street intersects Omar Avenue in the distance at center. Businesses lining East 3rd Street in the background face towards the camera.
Date:
August, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boxes of Stakmore folding chairs sit on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company, Los Angeles, 1945

Boy feeding a swan in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of an unknown boy crouching down by the side of Lincoln Park Lake in Lincoln Park and feeding a swan. A boy crouches down alongside the bank of Lincoln Park Lake in the foreground at left. His back is to the camera as he faces the lake to the right. He holds his hands over the water where a swan (presumably) feeds. The lower right corner is obscured by a large white streak that stretches towards the left. Beyond the streak of white, 3 ducks swim in the lake. The lake spans across the mid-ground and extends into the distance at right. On a nearby bank at center, a mission-style building stands. To the right of it, row boats sit docked in the water. Beyond the lake, the park stretches into the background at right.
Date:
February, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boy feeding a swan in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1943

Boy fetching a bucket of water at the San Pedro wharf, Los Angeles, about 1899

Description:
A blurry photograph of a boy fetching water from a water spigot at the Southern Pacific Railroad's wharf in San Pedro. He stands out-of-focus left-of-center. He is barefoot and wears an apron down to his feet. He lifts up a bucket of water with both hands. To his right, a water spigot stands next to a large doorway. The doorway is at left and behind the boy. Crates sit stacked beyond the doorway. The shadow of someone wearing a hat is cast on the bottom edge of the image at center. Crates stand stacked along the right edge of the photograph.
Date:
[circa 1899]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boy fetching a bucket of water at the San Pedro wharf, Los Angeles, about 1899

Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis. A group sits in a semi-circle with their backs to the camera. Boy Scouts stand facing them and other people stand behind the troops. Others sit at the right. There is a building at the left with a porch and an American flag flying out front. Boys sit on a bench in which the words, "Donated... troop" are carved. A house is on the hill in the background.
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis, Los Angeles, 1933