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Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby, Dode Witherby and Mertie West pose atop the Ubehebe Crater's rim, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby and Mertie West posing on the rim of Ubehebe Crater at Death Valley National Monument. A bare and flat hilltop stretches across the foreground. The Witherbys and Mertie West stand back on the elevation at center. All look to the camera. Zetta and Dode both try to keep their hats to their heads as the wind blows. Standing rightmost, Mertie leans against a post on the hillside. Beyond them, the Death Valley landscape stretches into the distance. Salt flats are visible at left and hills rise at right.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby, Dode Witherby and Mertie West pose atop the Ubehebe Crater's rim, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby visit the Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby standing among the ruins of the Harmony Borax Works at Death Valley National Monument. The Witherbys and Mertie West stand in the near distance at center. All look to the camera. A stone-built structure stands in partial view along the right frame. Behind Mertie and Wes, a large furnace stands. Beyond the furnace, stone walls stretch out-of-frame at left.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby visit the Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Mertie West sit on the veranda at Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby and Mertie West sitting on the veranda of the Furnace Creek Inn at Death Valley National Monument. The 3 women sit in chairs, left-of-center. Mertie West sits rightmost. She faces center, but gazes towards the left. Zetta Witherby sits leftmost and faces towards the left. Dode Witherby sits at center, behind and between Zetta and Mertie. She faces towards the left, but looks to the camera. They relax on an elevated veranda at the Furnace Creek Inn. The veranda passes through the foreground, arcing back towards the right. The trunk of a palm tree stands behind and to the right of the women. Further beyond them, the rooftops of the inn wind through the image at center and right. Salt flats stretch into the distance at left and mountains rise in the distance at right.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Mertie West sit on the veranda at Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley National Park, 1947

W. W. Witherby stands near the trunk of his car while stopping for lunch, Olancha, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Wes Witherby standing beside the trunk of his car while stopping for lunch in Olancha (formerly Olanche). Wes Witherby stands, left-of-center, with his back to camera. To the right of him, his car is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side; it faces back to the right. The trunk of the car stands open in front of Wes Witherby. It is packed with boxes. The rear passenger door is also open. A purse hangs from an interior door handle. In the background, buildings in partial view stand at far right and far left. Silhouetted mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. W. Witherby stands near the trunk of his car while stopping for lunch, Olancha, 1947

W. W. Witherby poses beside his car on the grade going to Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Wes Witherby posing beside the trunk of his car while stopping along the grade going to Panamint Valley. Wes Witherby stands, left-of-center, with his hand to his hip. He props a foot up on the rear bumper as he looks to the camera. To the right of him, his car is parked along a dirt road. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side; it faces back to the right. The road stretches on an upward angle from the lower left corner and to the right. A desert landscape stretches into the distance behind Wes and the car.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. W. Witherby poses beside his car on the grade going to Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Women stand near a soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, 1947

Description:
Photograph of a couple of women standing near the soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Wide steps stretch across the foreground and ascend as they approach the mid-ground. They are viewed at an angle, with the steps rising towards the right. At left, a newel stands beside the top of the steps. Just to the right of the newel, 2 women stand near the top of the steps. The woman nearest to camera has her back turned to the camera. The other woman (maybe Mertie West?) stands a step higher and faces left. Behind and to the right of the 2 women, a soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands at attention. He faces towards the left and rests a rifle to his shoulder. To the left, the guard's canvas hut stands. The Arlington Memorial Amphitheater is visible entering frame in the background at right. A colonnaded arm of the building stretches towards center as it arcs behind the building's facade. Trees rise in the background at left and center.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Women stand near a soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, 1947

Women on the Idaho path to Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1945-49

Description:
Five women are photographed walking up the Idaho path up the cliff from the California Incline to Palisades Park above the Santa Monica coast. A small rock terrace garden with cacti can be seen in the foreground; buildings, the coastline and Santa Monica Pier are viewed in the distant background.
Date:
[between 1945-1949]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Women on the Idaho path to Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1945-49

Women evacuating Staber's Beauty Salon because of a fire at the nearby Melody Lane Café, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Women evacuating Staber’s Beauty Salon because of a fire at the nearby Melody Lane Café. The fire began in the roof of the Melody Lane kitchen and high winds swept the blaze through neighboring Wilshire Blvd. businesses including Staber’s Salon, the Pig’n Whistle candy and pastry shop, Randall Optometrist, McKiernan’s Fashions, Horton & Converse Pharmacy. Capt. Noble Swanson suffered a back sprain, bruises and cuts when a section of roof caved in on him. No one else was injured but total damage was estimated to exceed $200,000.
Date:
April 3, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Women evacuating Staber's Beauty Salon because of a fire at the nearby Melody Lane Café, Los Angeles, 1947

Woman seated on the eucalyptus branch fence at Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1937-1950

Description:
View of a young woman seated on the rustic eucalyptus branch fence along the cliff edge at Palisades Park with her arms raised upwards. On either side of the fence are a century/agave plant and a palm tree; the Santa Monica pier is visible in the distance.
Date:
[between 1937-1950]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Woman seated on the eucalyptus branch fence at Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1937-1950

W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. pose outside H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of William L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front lawn of H. H. West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. The group stands in a row in the near distance at center. All look to the camera. They stand on the lawn, just behind the front walkway. The walkway stretches across the image in front of them. It widens as it approaches the right. Behind them and to the left, North Ridgewood Place enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. Houses line both sides of the street as it approaches the distance.
Date:
May, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. pose outside H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1947

Witherby's Buick parked at Bramlette's, Little Lake, 1947

Description:
Photograph of the Witherby's Buick parked in the driveway in front of a Bramlette's gas station in Little Lake. The Buick sits in the foreground, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the side and the rear, facing left. Its license plate reads, "7N 55 60." Behind and to the right of the Buick, the Bramlette's station stands, right-of-center. It is viewed at an angle. Gas pumps sit beneath an awning. A shop sits behind the pumps. On the awning, signs read, "BRAMLETTE'S." Along right side of the store, a sign reads, "ATLAS TIRES." At far left, a garage stands in the distance. It faces towards the left and a sign over the open garage door reads, "GARAGE." Beyond the nose of the car and in front of the garage, a sign stands. It reads, "CHEVRON GAS STATION." Hills rise in the background at right.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Witherby's Buick parked at Bramlette's, Little Lake, 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

William L. Kinsell stands beside the message board at Hollywood United Methodist Chruch, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of William L. Kinsell standing beside the message board outside of Hollywood United Methodist Church on Franklin Avenue. William Kinsell stands in the near distance at center. He faces left, but looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of him, the church's message board stands. It reads, "MINISTER GLENN RANDALL PHILLIPS, D.D. SUNDAY, MAY 18 9:30 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOL 10:45 A.M. 'LIVING ON PROMISES' DR. PHILLIPS, PREACHING 7:00 P.M. VESPER SERVICE YOUTH CHOIR CONCERT DR. NORMAN WRIGHT, ORGANIST." The church's exterior rises behind William and the message board, stretching across the background.
Date:
May 18, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
William L. Kinsell stands beside the message board at Hollywood United Methodist Chruch, Los Angeles, 1947

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