Resource Type: still image / Location: California--Santa Monica - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Woman and a child stand in the surf. She holds her dress at her knees and wears a hat. There is a pier at the right with people standing on it. The beach is in the foreground.
Date:: about 1895
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Men play in the surf with the pier in the background. They wear bathing suits. There are other people in the water in the distance.
Date:: about 1895
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Port Los Angeles was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad and opened in 1894. It was also known as the Long Wharf and the Mile Long Pier.
Date:: About 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Annie M. Brain (center) and Aileen Brain (right) sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Annie's lap and looks over her shoulder past the camera. Annie holds Aileen on her lap and looks down to her. An unidentified girl stands behind and to the left of them; she looks to the camera. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered with pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Annie M. Brain and Aileen Brain sitting on a sofa in their home at Ocean Park. They sit at center on the left side of the sofa. Aileen sits on Annie's lap and looks to the camera. Annie holds Aileen on her lap and looks down to her. Newspapers lie flat on the right side of the sofa. Walls at center and right are covered in pictures and artwork. A wide, open doorway is at left through which another room is visible.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Based on the dates, the boy is more likely Lester Shaw rather than Romayne. Lester and Romayne were William and Josie Shaw's sons. Josie Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's sister and Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:: July 4, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: People walk on the boardwalk in front of the North Beach Bath House. A girl wearing a bonnet holds hands with a man in a suit. People sit on the beach in the background. A wooden structure has the words, "leopard seal" printed on it. "North Beach Bath House" is printed on the building at the right. There are American flags on the beach and others at the top of the bathhouse.
Date:: about 1895
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Man operates a steam engine on the beach. He wears a hat and holds his hands up to the engine. Steam comes out of the top. There are stairs above the beach. At the right, Eckert & Hopf's restaurant is visible.
Date:: about 1895
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Lester Shaw stands on the boardwalk holding firecrackers. He wears a hat and stands in front of a sign with chalk writing on it. A hat with a wide brim is visible just above the sign. At the left, there is a covered patio with people sitting on it. American flags fly from the roof of the patio. Men and women walk on the boardwalk in the background. There is a sign that reads, "bathing water bath."
Date:: July 4, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Lester Shaw was Mertie Whitaker's nephew. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's.
Date:: July 4, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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