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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

Description:: Agnes Hawley and Mertie Whitaker stand in the Whitaker's front yard. Both women are smiling. A fence lines the yard and a plant grows over the fence at the left. Across the street, there are trees and houses.
Date:: [about 1898]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Hawley, John Ramboz and two other women posing while eating on the rocky shore of Catalina. Rocks line the foreground along the bottom edge of the image. An unidentified woman sits on the rocks at right. She sits facing towards the left while she eats something. Behind her, Agnes Hawley, John Ramboz and another unknown woman stand in a row and pose. Agnes stands left most and looks to the camera while holding her food out in her hands. At center, John Ramboz looks down at the food he holds in his hands. The woman at right looks to the camera as she eats. Behind the group, water is visible lapping onto the shore.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Agnes Hawley stands holding a fan in the Whitaker's front yard. She stands and bends slightly forward. A fence lines the yard. There are palm trees and houses across the street. The image is foggy and difficult to see.
Date:: [about 1898]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Agnes Whitaker was her sister-in-law.
Date:: About 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Josie Shaw caught strolling around Palm Springs. Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on a street corner while Josie Shaw approaches them from the street. Agnes stands in profile facing right. Forrest stands slightly in front of her. He faces left, but his head is turned towards camera. He has a hand raised to his forehead, shading his face from the sun. Josie walks towards them with her back to the camera. Palm trees stand on either side of the sidewalk. The front of a building is at right. Signs for the corner business read, "[...]te Sho[...]," and "Shipped." At left and around the corner from the storefront, another business sign reads, "PALM SPRINGS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY." On the sidewalk extending into the background at left, a sign reads, "PARKING 1 HOUR [undecipherable]." Transformers stand in the distant open space between the building and a palm tree.
Date:: May 2, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Group photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Mertie West posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal dress. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Group photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal dress. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The area became a U.S. National Monument in 1936 and then Joshua Tree National Park in 1994.
Date:: May 21, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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