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Worm's-eye view of Mertie West standing next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing next to a tall box that H. H. West fixed up for Wes Witherby to put on Will Shaw's Christmas tree. A tall box decorated for Christmas stands at center, on a sidewalk. The bottom third of the box is decorated with a brick print and extends beyond the bottom edge of the image. Above the brick print, it reads, "It's Christmas ti[me]." Mertie West stands with the box, behind and to the left of it, and looks to the camera. She is viewed from a worm's-eye perspective. At right, a street is peeks from behind the box. Tall palm trees stand in the background.
Date:
December, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Worm's-eye view of Mertie West standing next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936

Woman with cat, probably the wife of artist Stanley Reckless, in the studio of their Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Description:
Stanley Reckless was born Stanley Zbytniewski. In 1913 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studied under Daniel Garber. In 1915, 1916 he was awarded 2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, and traveled to Paris, enrolling briefly at the Academie Julian. In 1920 he moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania and started exhibiting at PAFA, the National Academy of Design, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1924 he settled in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he painted the landscape and shared a studio with Charles Hargens. In 1930 he moved to California where he painted portraits of members of the film industry. He co-founded the Art Center School in Los Angeles.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Woman with cat, probably the wife of artist Stanley Reckless, in the studio of their Silver Lake home, Los Angeles, 1930-1939

Wilson West stands in front of a house on Daly Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Photograph of Wilson West standing in front of a house on Daly Street (formerly 518 Lyell Street). Daly Street stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. On the far side of the street, Wilson West stands, left-of-center, on the sidewalk. Behind him, a house stands, right-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front. A low block wall lines the front edge of the property. Above the wall, a fence encloses the property. A porch sits on the left side of the front of the house and a bay window sits on the right side of the front of the house.
Date:
May 31, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wilson West stands in front of a house on Daly Street, Los Angeles, 1936

Wilson West sits on the front steps of the West's former home, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
H. H. West's brother, Wilson, sits on the front steps of the West's former home. He wears a hat and glasses and holds his hands together in front him. There are plants on either side of the stairs and there is an object which may be a mailbox at Wilson's right. The frame of what may be a porch swing is visible above the porch railing.
Date:
May 30, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wilson West sits on the front steps of the West's former home, Los Angeles, 1936