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Boy seated at a window sketching at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

Description:
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Date:
1935/1960
[between 1935-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Boy seated at a window sketching at the Children's Home Society, Los Angeles, 1935-1960

H. H. West and Dr. Bim Smith sit at the West's dining table during a birthday dinner, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Dr. Bim Smith sitting at the West's dining table during a birthday dinner for Bim Smith and H. H. West. H. H. West and Dr. Bim Smith sit on the far side of the table in the near distance at center. They are viewed level with the top of the table. H. H. West sits at left and looks to the camera while resting an arm over the back of his chair. He wears a top hat. Bim sits to the right of him and looks towards the camera. A birthday cake sits in front of him on the table. At far the right, someone (looks to be Agnes Whitaker) dons a top hat and is captured in motion. Glasses and flatware sit atop the table. A tablecloth drapes over the front edge of the table in the foreground. One person sits on the near side of the table at right. They are in partial view with only their knees jutting into the image from the lower right corner. The seat of an empty chair juts into frame from the lower left corner. In the background, a large fireplace sits to the left of H. H. West, a bookshelf stands behind and to the left of Bim Smith and a wide doorway leads into another room at right.
Date:
January 23, 1944
1944-01-23
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Dr. Bim Smith sit at the West's dining table during a birthday dinner, Los Angeles, 1944

Japanese style flower arrangement by Margaret Preininger, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Flower arrangement in shallow oval bowl. Margaret Preininger published a book titled Japanese flower arrangement for modern homes on December 1, 1935. At that time she was the chairman of Cultural Arts at Los Angeles Junior College. According to the review in Kirkus Reviews, the 35 pages of text explain the four important Japanese Schools and the adaptations of their principles to American flowers and settings; the book includes 52 large reproductions of arrangements and 100 line drawings showing method of procedure; and chapters on vases, holders, flower selection, color, seasons, background and table settings
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Japanese style flower arrangement by Margaret Preininger, Los Angeles, 1935

Mary West poses on a front lawn with her daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, Los Angeles, about 1907

Description:
H. H. West's wife, Mary, poses on a front lawn with her daughters, Elizabeth and Frances. Mrs. West crouches down and holds Frances's hand. Frances sits in the stroller and has a cloth tied around her waist. Elizabeth stands behind Frances with her hands on the back of the stroller. There are houses, trees, and utility poles in the background.
Date:
about 1907
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary West poses on a front lawn with her daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, Los Angeles, about 1907

Miriam Matthews, Angelique DeLavallade and unidentified individuals, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
The woman (fourth from the left, in the back wearing a necklace) is Angelique DeLavallade. Miriam Matthews is fifth from the left, dressed in a black coat. The other individuals in the photo are unidentified, although Walter Gordon believed that the woman standing to the right of the man in uniform ran an escrow company.
Date:
[1940s?]
1940/1949
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Miriam Matthews, Angelique DeLavallade and unidentified individuals, Los Angeles, 1940s