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H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape. He also wears a hat and a vest and tie. A cloth is tied at his waist. He holds a hand on his hip and leans his other hand on a chair. There are plants and a fence behind him. There is a brick building in the background.
Date:
April 19, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape, Los Angeles, 1939

H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape. He also wears a hat and a vest and tie. A cloth is tied at his waist. He holds a cane and leans his other hand on a chair. There are plants and a fence behind him. There is a brick building in the background.
Date:
April 19, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West stands in Dr. Bim Smith's backyard wearing a serape, Los Angeles, 1939

West family's partially constructed house, Los Angeles, 1896

Description:
West family's partially constructed house. There are ladders leading against the house, and Arleigh Lemberger stands at the top of one. Debris is on the ground at the foreground of the photograph. A pile of what may be bricks is at the left of the photograph and another structure is visible at the right.
Date:
1896
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
West family's partially constructed house, Los Angeles, 1896

Refugees from the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire receive help at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, 1906

Description:
Refugees from the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire receive help at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot. There are different stations set up with signs above, including, "Headquarters St. Vincent de Paul," "Information Bureau Native Sons Relief..." "Native Sons Hindquarter 211 1/2 West Second [St.]," "Information Bureau Native Sons Relief..." Men stand behind the stations and in front. One man walks in the center of the photograph wearing a hat, coat, and scarf around his neck. There is a sign for the Arcade Depot in the background. At the right, there are signs painted on the sides of buildings, including, "Hotel Arcade," "M. J. [D.] Coffee...Why?" "Feifer's Union...The greatest 5 [cent] cigar in the world." There are utility poles and throughout and wires overhead, and there is a palm tree at the left.
Date:
April 1906
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Refugees from the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire receive help at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, 1906

H. H. West Jr. stands in the West's backyard, Los Angeles, about 1932

Description:
H. H. West Jr. stands in the West's backyard. He wears a shirt and tie and holds his hands to his belt. There are plants throughout and a shed in the background. There is a fence at the right. West stands on a wooden walkway. A hose is at his feet. A staircase is visible at the left.
Date:
about 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West Jr. stands in the West's backyard, Los Angeles, about 1932

Exterior of the Los Angeles Spring Bed Company factory, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Photograph of the Los Angeles Spring Bed Company factory, viewed at an angle, on East 60th Street. East 60th Street stretches on an upward angle from left to right in the foreground. The factory stands on the far side of the street. It faces towards the camera and runs parallel to East 60th. The brick building is comprised of 3 different facades. The leftmost section is one-story. Large, pane-glass windows line the front of the building. A large sign reading, "LOS ANGELES SPRING BED CO.," hangs over the door and windows. A pediment stands atop the building. The center section stands 2-stories tall. Three arched, pane-glass windows line the second story. A vertically oriented sign hangs from the front of the building. It reads, "LOS ANGELES SPRING BED CO." A flagpole extends from the top of the building. The rightmost section is a single-story building lined with large, pane-glass windows. A sign hanging over the door and windows reads, "LOS ANGELES SPRING BED CO."
Date:
August 11, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Exterior of the Los Angeles Spring Bed Company factory, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1940

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

Bridge table set sits in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a bridge table set sitting on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the right. The bridge set is viewed close-up and stands right-of-center. A chair to the left of it faces the camera. Another chair is folded up and leans against the right side of the table. The sidewalk stretches through the image on an upward angle from right to left. Behind the table set, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches across the background. Doors stand wide open at right. From the doors, a hallway in shadow stretches back into the interior of the building. Behind the table, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN [...] CO. [L]ONG [BEACH]."
Date:
October, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bridge table set sits in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Bridge table set sitting in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a bridge table set sitting on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The photograph appears to tilt slightly downward to the left. The bridge set is viewed close-up. The table stands right-of-center. A chair to the left of it faces the camera. Another chair is folded up and leans against the front right corner of the table. The sidewalk stretches through the image on an upward angle to the left. Behind the table set, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches across the background. Doors stand wide open along the right edge. Behind the table, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN WHOLESALE HARDWARE CO. LONG BEACH."
Date:
October, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bridge table set sitting in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

William L. Kinsell poses beside the corner stone of Hollywood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of William L. Kinsell posing beside the cornerstone of the Hollywood United Methodist Church on Franklin Avenue. William Kinsell stands in the near distance, right-of-center, beside the corner of the church. He rests a hand in his pocket as he looks to the camera. The church rises behind him. To the left of William, the church's cornerstone is inset into the building at center. Its inscription reads, "FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF HOLLYWOOD . ERECTED . A.D. 1929. TO THE GLORY OF GOD & THE WELFARE OF MANKIND." Beneath the inscription, 2 shrubs sit on the ground. Along the left edge, a small tree stands. Its branches extend towards and hang over the cornerstone. The side of the church stretches back and to the right behind William. A walkway runs alongside it at far right.
Date:
May, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
William L. Kinsell poses beside the corner stone of Hollywood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1947

William L. Kinsell stands outside the Hollywood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of William L. Kinsell standing outside the front of the Hollywood United Methodist Church on Franklin Avenue. William Kinsell stands on a walkway in the near distance, left-of-center. He holds something in hand as he looks to the camera. The church enters frame behind him at left and extends back towards the right. Steps behind and to the left of William lead into the church. At the top of the image, at center, signage affixed to the front of the building reads, "[...]ST METHODIST CHURCH." At far right, a signboard stands in front of the corner of the church.
Date:
May, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
William L. Kinsell stands outside the Hollywood United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, 1947

H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house, Los Angeles, about 1909

Description:
H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house. Mrs. West sits in the rocking chair. Frances West sits on the wooden stool and is visible in profile. Elizabeth West can be seen facing forward. The girls may be playing jacks on the table. Mr. West reads a book and wears a hat and glasses. There is another rocking chair at the right. Two paintings hang from the walls and there are two windows in the room, both covered with curtains.
Date:
about 1909
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house, Los Angeles, about 1909

H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house, Los Angeles, about 1909

Description:
H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house. Mrs. West sits in the rocking chair. Frances West sits on the wooden stool and is visible in profile. Elizabeth West can be seen facing forward. The girls may be playing jacks on the table. Mr. West reads a book and wears a hat and glasses. There is another rocking chair at the right. Two paintings hang from the walls and there are two windows in the room, both covered with curtains.
Date:
about 1909
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's parents and daughters sit in the parlor of the West's house, Los Angeles, about 1909

Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Description:
Photograph of Tacoma Winkler standing on the tree lawn opposite her home and posing. A sidewalk lines the bottom edge of the image. It is lined by a tree lawn and curb. Tacoma Winkler stands at center, in the grass of the tree lawn, and looks to the camera. A palm stands to the left of her and a lamp post stands to the right. Wellington Road stretches across the image behind her. On the far side of the street, her family's home at 1639 Wellington Road stands in partial view, right-of-center. It is viewed from the front. A car is parked on the far side of the street at left and extends beyond the left frame.
Date:
[circa 1918]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Tacoma Winkler stands on a tree lawn and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Lois Winkler stands on a curb and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Lois Winkler standing on the street curb opposite her home and posing. Overgrown grasses line the bottom edge of the image. It is lined by a curb. Lois Winkler stands at center, balanced atop the curb, and looks to the camera. Wellington Road stretches across the image behind her. On the far side of the street, her family's home at 1639 Wellington Road stands, right-of-center. It is viewed from the front. A vacant lot sits to the left of her family's home.
Date:
[circa 1918]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Lois Winkler stands on a curb and poses in front of her family's home, Los Angeles, about 1918

Louise Ambrose poses while balancing on a tree branch in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, 1898

Description:
Photograph of Louise Ambrose posing while balancing on a tree limb in Elysian Park. A small tree grows out of a hillside horizontally in the foreground. It extends from the lower right corner on an upward angle to the left and out of frame. Louise Ambrose stands at center, balanced on this small tree limb. She faces towards the left and turns her head to the camera as she stretches her arms out to her sides and holds onto smaller branches growing from the tree limb. A hill covered in trees and brush slopes up behind her.
Date:
February 22, 1898
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Louise Ambrose poses while balancing on a tree branch in Elysian Park, Los Angeles, 1898

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

Soldiers stand around the camp set up at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, 1900

Description:
Photograph of several soldiers standing around their camp set up in Agricultural Park (current day Exposition Park). In the foreground at center, a soldier stands with his back to the camera. To the left of him, a large camp stove sits on the ground. Behind the stove, a cook stands leftmost and faces right. To the right of him, a soldier stands, facing right. Behind them, a soldier sits in to front of a tent, which extends out-of-frame at left. In the distance at right, a couple of men walk through the camp. Tents stand in a row behind them.
Date:
1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Soldiers stand around the camp set up at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, 1900

Garage on North Broadway, standing in lot of former George M. West family residence, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Photograph looking north across North Broadway (formerly Downey Avenue) and towards the garage that stands in the lot of a former residence of George M. West and family. North Broadway stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. A cable car juts into the image from the left. Cars are parked along the far side of North Broadway and face left. A three-story building with bay windows stands along the left edge. Next to it, the street front for a garage stands left-of-center. A sign atop the building reads, "GARAGE Mobilgas Mobiloil." On the front of the building itself, signage reads, "NORTH [BR]O[AD]WAY," "GARAGE," "IGNITIO[N] BATTERY B[OD]Y & FENDER" "FENDER & BODY WORK," "NORTH [BROAD]WAY," and "RADI[...]." A couple of businesses extend to the right of the garage. Signage on those buildings reads, "RADIO [...]," "CABINET," "[...] DRY CLEANERS," and "[...] A. B. COHN & BRO. DIAMOND JEWELRY LOANS 4[??] W. [...] ST. [...] OVER 60 YEARS." Cable car lines crisscross above North Broadway and another building stands past an intersection at far right in the distance.
Date:
June, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Garage on North Broadway, standing in lot of former George M. West family residence, Los Angeles, 1939

Frank Lemberger poses in front of his hardware store, Los Angeles, about 1844 or 1885

Description:
Photograph of Frank Lemberger standing in front of his hardware store near the corner of Downey Avenue and Truman Street. Frank Lemberger stands in the near distance at center in front of the open doorway to his hardware store. He crosses his arms in front of him as he looks to the camera. The storefront is constructed almost entirely of windows. Wares and goods sit outside the store, lining the sidewalk, as well as on display behind the windows. Above the door's lintel, a sign for the store hangs, it reads, "J. F. LEMBERGER." At far left, George W. Grimes stands in the doorway of his neighboring stationary store and leans against a wall between the two businesses.
Date:
[circa 1884 or 1885]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank Lemberger poses in front of his hardware store, Los Angeles, about 1844 or 1885

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

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