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H. H. West, Jr., Mertie West and Wes and Zetta Witherby pose for a photograph, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Jr., Mertie West, Wes Witherby and Zetta Witherby posing for a photograph in front of foliage at Hobart Blvd. The group stands left-of-center. H. H. wears dark clothes and rests his hand to his hip. Next to him, Mertie has one arm wrapped around H. H. and the other rests at her side. She wears a striped dress. Wes stands slightly behind her and rests one arm on Mertie's right shoulder and rests the other on Zetta's left shoulder. He wears a fedora hat, jacket and vest. At right, Zetta stands with her arms clasped in front of her as Wes's arm rests on her shoulder.
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Jr., Mertie West and Wes and Zetta Witherby pose for a photograph, Los Angeles, 1925

Frances L. Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West, Jr. pose on the front porch of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Frances Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr., posing on the front porch steps of H. H. West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. The group is viewed close-up and stands together, off-center to the right. They stand in staggered rows on the steps and all look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. stands on the lowest level at right. Behind and to the left of him, Anna West stands a step higher. Mertie West stands on the same step to the left of Anna. Behind Mertie and Anna, Richard Siemsen stands on the highest step. Frances Wells stands beside him to the left. The covered porch stretches back behind the group, with the front door standing behind Frances. A few punch holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
July 25, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances L. Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West, Jr. pose on the front porch of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1946

Members of the West family tend to George M. West and Wilhelmina West's graves, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Members of the West family tend to George M. West and Wilhelmina West's graves. Wilson West and Richard West stand while the women both crouch down. There are gravestones beyond them. There are palm trees and other trees in the background, as well as houses and cars.
Date:
May 30, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Members of the West family tend to George M. West and Wilhelmina West's graves, Los Angeles, 1936

Mrs. H. H. West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and Richard Siemsen pose on the front steps outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Close-up photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Ann West and Richard Siemsen posing on the front steps of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood. The group stands off-center to the left and all look to the camera. They are viewed close-up with some standing in partial view. Mertie West stands in partial view along the left edge. Frances Wells stands to the right of her; her hat extends beyond the top edge. Behind and to the right of Frances, H. H. West, Jr. stands a step higher. His head extends beyond the top edge. In front of H. H., Jr. and to the right, Ann Roth stands between Frances and Richard. Richard Siemsen stands rightmost; his head also extends beyond the top edge of the image. The front steps of the church rise behind them and towards the decorative front portal of the church that spans the background.
Date:
June, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mrs. H. H. West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and Richard Siemsen pose on the front steps outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

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

Mertie, Nella, Wilson, Richard, and Eleanor West stand on the sidewalk by Wilson's Studebaker, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Mertie, Nella, Wilson, Richard, and Eleanor West stand on the sidewalk by Wilson's Studebake. H. H. West's wife, Mertie stands with his sister, Nella at the left. H. H. West's brother, Wilson, stands with his wife and son at the side of the car. The street stretches behind them with houses, trees, and other cars throughout.
Date:
November 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie, Nella, Wilson, Richard, and Eleanor West stand on the sidewalk by Wilson's Studebaker, Los Angeles, 1937

Mertie West, Eva Newquist, Rudy Newquist, Anna Newquist, Maurine Bacon, Tommie Newquist and "Punkie" Bacon pose while supping in the Bacons' backyard, 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
Mertie West, Eva Newquist, Rudy Newquist, Anna Newquist, Maurine Bacon, Tommie Newquist and "Punkie" Bacon pose while supping in the Bacons' backyard, Los Angeles, 1948

H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing on the front porch of the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Close-up photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing on the front porch of the West's new residence on North Ridgewood Place. A short set of steps stretches across the foreground and leads up to the front porch of a duplex. Planters sit at the ends of the steps. A wide archway arcs over the front of the porch. H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West stand side-by-side at the top of the steps, beneath the front arch. Both look to the camera; H. H., Jr. wraps an arm around Mertie's shoulder and Mertie wraps an arm around H. H., Jr.'s waist. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from Attu Island, Alaska. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind Mertie and H. H., Jr. the front doors to the building's units stand side-by-side. Their number plates, from left to right, read, "832," and "830." The door to 830 stands ajar. Cut-out windows line the side of the large archway at center and an arch cut into the side of the porch is visible at right.
Date:
May 19, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing on the front porch of the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West pose on the front porch of the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Distant photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing on the front porch of the West's new residence on North Ridgewood Place. The front lawn of the duplex occupies the foreground. A walkway entering from the lower right corner stretches to the front steps back at center. The building is viewed at an angle from the front. H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West stand side-by-side at the top of the steps, beneath the front arch of the porch. Both look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from Attu Island, Alaska. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind Mertie and H. H., Jr. the front doors to the building's units stand side-by-side. Their number plates, from left to right, read, "832," and "830." The central section of the building juts forward from the sides. A neighboring house is visible in the background at right.
Date:
May 19, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West pose on the front porch of the West's new residence, Los Angeles, 1944

Mertie West stands by the decorated graves of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller West in Evergreen Cemetery on Decoration Day, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in Evergreen Cemetery and looking at the tomb of George M. West and Wilhelmina Lemberger West on Decoration Day. Gravestones stand in a row that stretches back towards center from the lower right corner. Mertie stands behind (or to the left) of the third gravestone back. She faces towards the left and tilts her head down slightly. On the ground in front (or to the left) of her, flowers are arranged in front of the West's gravestone. It stands solitary in the near distance at left. Gravestones and trees cover the cemetery grounds that extend into the distance.
Date:
[May 30, 1943]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands by the decorated graves of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller West in Evergreen Cemetery on Decoration Day, Los Angeles, 1943

Mertie West stands behind a carton fixed up for Will Shaw's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing behind a tall box that H. H. West fixed up for Wes Witherby to put on Will Shaw's Christmas tree. A tall box decorated for Christmas stands in the center of the image on a walkway leading to a house. The bottom third of the box is decorated with a brick print. Above the brick print and on the left side of the box it reads, "Christmas time." Mertie West's head and shoulders peek above the top of the box. She appears to stand behind the box and looks to camera. The front porch of a house stands behind her at left. Steps line the left edge of the image and the porch extends back and to the right. A neighboring house stands in the distance at right.
Date:
December, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands behind a carton fixed up for Will Shaw's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1936

Mertie West stands next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing next to a tall box that H. H. West fixed up for Wes Witherby to put on Will Shaw's Christmas tree. A tall box decorated for Christmas stands, left-of-center, on a sidewalk. The bottom third of the box is decorated with a brick print. Above the brick print, it reads, "Christmas time." Mertie West stands with the box, behind and to the left of it, and looks to the camera. At right, a car is parked on the street and palm trees stand in the background.
Date:
December, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936