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Description:: Piano in the parlor of the West's house at 240 Griffin Avenue. The piano belonged to H. H. West's sister, Nella. It is at the right of the image with a small stool in front of it. There is a small table under the window and two chairs on either side. The house across the street is visible through the window, which has a sheer curtain hanging over it. There is a rug at the center of the room and a light fixture hanging over head. Tassels hang down in the upper right of the image.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Two prostitutes in front of the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution. The women wear frilly outfits that look like nightgowns. They stand in front of a doorway and in the shadow of a tree.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Prostitute stands in front of the cribs on Alameda Street. The cribs were buildings rented out exclusively for the transactional business of prostitution. She wears a frilly outfit that look like a nightgown. She stands in front of a doorway and in the shadow of a tree.
Date:: 1896
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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

Description:: Leaves of a pepper tree with other trees in the background. The pepper tree leaves are at the upper right corner of the image. There are buildings visible across the street, as well as utility poles.
Date:: 1897
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. The pepper tree is at the right. There are bushes in front of the house and the neighboring home is visible at the left.
Date:: 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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

Description:: Parrot perched in a tree in the backyard of the West's home. There is a fence which is covered with bushes and there are other trees in the background.
Date:: 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: H. H. West's brother, Wilson, sits on a curb with a dog. He wears a hat and suit. He has his hand on the dog's back. There are trees behind him, and across the street there are fences and houses. H. H. West's shadow is visible in the foreground.
Date:: 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Lake at Hollenbeck Park. There are flowers at the left and trees in the background. There is a house on the opposite shore. People walk on the paths and sit on the grass. There are utility poles throughout.
Date:: about 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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