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Tommy Newquist wears a fireman's helmet while riding a tricycle in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Tommy Newquist riding a tricycle on the walkway in front of the West residence on North Ridgewood Place. The walkway stretches across the bottom edge on a slight upward angle from right to left. Tommy Newquist rides a tricycle, left-of-center. He and the tricycle face towards the right. Tommy wears a fireman's helmet as he looks to the camera. Behind him the front of the West residence stretches across the background. Three windows are inset into the right side of the facade. Vegetation grows behind Tommy at left. One of the front porch's arches stands in partial view along the left edge.
Date:
October, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Tommy Newquist wears a fireman's helmet while riding a tricycle in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing in front of the West residence on North Ridgewood Place. Will Shaw stands nearest to camera at center. He faces slightly left and looks in that direction. Behind and to the left of him, Josie Shaw stands. She looks to the camera. Behind them, a walkway passes in front of the Wests' residence. The building stands across the background. It is viewed at a an angle, facing left. Vegetation lines and obscures the front of the building at right. Behind Josie, the front porch extends forward from the building. It is framed by an archway. Along the left edge, part of a neighboring house is visible in the background.
Date:
October, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in front of the West residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Mrs. Hiatt mingles with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park. A man stands in the foreground along the right edge. He faces towards the right, but looks to the camera. Beyond him, Nellie Hiatt stands leftmost amongst a group of 4 women at center. Her back is to camera, but she faces right and converses with a woman to her right. Two women stand behind them. Farther back and to the left, another group of picnic attendees cluster together. Trees stand across the park grounds as it extends into the distance.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mrs. Hiatt mingles with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1948

Nellie Hiatt poses with 2 unknown women in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt (left) and 2 other women posing in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic. The women stand in a row, off-center to the left, and all look to the camera. The park's treed grounds sprawl behind them and into the distance. Other picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Nellie Hiatt poses with 2 unknown women in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Aluminum window propped up on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of an aluminum window propped up on a Los Angeles sidewalk, as viewed at an angle. A sidewalk stretches across the bottom half of the image on an upward angle from right to left. At center, an aluminum window stands propped open, balancing on its 2 long edges. It is viewed at an angle. An exterior brick wall lines the far side of the sidewalk. It is viewed close-up and stretches across the background, occupying the upper portion of the image. In the upper left corner, a door and a window are inset into the building; both are in partial view. Opaque, white patches sit in the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:
January, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Aluminum window propped up on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

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

Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina as it sails through San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as the ferry sails through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. The S. S. Catalina enters frame from the right half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Passengers stand and occupy all available space on the top deck. Funnels, a mast and rigging line the center of the ship along the right edge. To the left of the ship, a channel stretches wide to the left and back into the distance behind the ferry. Large petroleum drums stand along the left shore of the channel. Signs on the walls in front of the drums reads, "GARGOYLE," and "GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION." Farther along the peninsula, cranes and docks stand as it stretches into the distance.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina as it sails through San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its rail stretches across the left half of the bottom edge and past the lower left corner. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the left. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel, Los Angeles, 1948

Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk along Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed straight-on from the front. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST C[…]." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. The address number "316" is etched into the glass lintel above the door. A sign sits above that and reads, "GUILD [...]."
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk along Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1948

S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of the S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its forward hull spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the left. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the right. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. The bow of the S. S. Catalina spans the width of the bottom edge and tapers to a point at center. A flagpole rises from the front of the prow. Beyond the ferry, a channel stretches into the distance. Its shores line the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina, Los Angeles, 1948

Mrs. Hiatt stands in the Montgomery County section of the Iowa State Picnic and mingles with other attendees, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in the Montgomery County section at Lincoln Park. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, a girl walks across the park. Behind her, Mrs. Hiatt stands amongst a group of other picnic-goers at center. She wears a black hat and stands with her back to camera. To the right of them, people sit on a park bench that faces away from camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mrs. Hiatt stands in the Montgomery County section of the Iowa State Picnic and mingles with other attendees, Los Angeles, 1948

H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed from the front, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road in Los Angeles, as viewed from the front. The house is seen from a low-angle view. A sidewalk stretches along the bottom edge. From the sidewalk, a short set of steps leads up to a walkway which extends back through the center of the landscaped yard and towards the house. "1644" is painted on the riser of the top step. Down the walkway, another short set of steps leads up to the house's front entrance at center. The house stands 2-stories tall. Three windows line the second floor. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:
July, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed from the front, Los Angeles, 1948

H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road in Los Angeles, as viewed at an angle. Wellington Road stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the road, H. H. West's former residence stands, off-center to the right. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly left. A tree growing in the parkway obscures the left side of the 2-story residence. At right, a neighbor's house stands in partial view, obscuring part of the house at center. A tall palm tree growing in the parkway stands along the right edge. Another neighbor's house stands to the left and slightly behind the house at center. An opaque band of white originates from the lower right corner and stretches up along the right edge. Smaller white patches dot the bottom edge.
Date:
July, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's former residence on Wellington Road, viewed at an angle, Los Angeles, 1948

Will Witherby and fellow passengers board a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Distant photograph of Will Witherby and his fellow passengers boarding a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance along the left edge. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing and fuselage of a plane enters frame and faces away from camera. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby and others stand at the base of aircraft steps leading up to their plane. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:
August, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Witherby and fellow passengers board a plane bound for Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Will Witherby waves to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Distant photograph of Will Witherby waving to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport. A chain-link fence, lined by a tarp, stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond it, the airport's grounds sprawl into the distance. A few fenced-in gates stand in the near distance at left. To the right of the gates, a luggage cart sits on the tarmac. Behind the cart, a mobile staircase stands. At right, the left wing of a plane enters frame. A few workers stand beneath it. In the distance at center, Will Witherby stands beneath his plane and waves to camera. His plane sits to the right of him on the tarmac. The equipment and planes are embellished with the Trans World Airlines logo, "TWA." The airport's runways are barely visible in the far distance. Wide, opaque bands of white originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:
August, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Witherby waves to camera before boarding his plane to Chicago at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948