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A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
Photograph of a neighborhood boy standing on a lawn lining Griffin Avenue while the old Quayle properties stand on the far side of the street. The front lawn of a house stretches across the foreground. A boy in baggy overalls dons a yarmulke(?) while he stands on the lawn at center. Behind him, a sidewalk lines Griffin Avenue which passes across the mid-ground. Three houses stand in a row on the opposite side of the street. A palm tree stands in front of each of the houses and a car is parked in front of the rightmost house.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930

Actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed at the Musart Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Actress Mae Johnson in the middle of a a crowd, behind the Musart Theatre (1320 S. Figueroa) the opening night of the play titled Two in a Bed, which she performed in with Louise Beavers. Mitchell Miles is in the foreground with his back to the camera. Sentinel reporter Wendell Green is standing to the left of Mae Johnson. Millie Monroe is standing at the far right, dressed in a light-colored fur coat. The gentleman standing to the right of Mae Johnson is possibly Bob Bennett.
Date:
February 27, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Actress Mae Johnson on the opening night of Two in a Bed at the Musart Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946

Adult students in Mr. Cagle's photography class, University High School, 1965

Description:
Photograph of adult students in a photography class. The students are seated at desks, some viewed holding cameras or with cameras placed on the desks before them. Additional students stand in the back of the class. Most of the students' attentions are directed toward a man standing next to a blackboard (presumably the instructor, Mr. Cagle). On the blackboard are driving directions the Watts Towers. Text reads: "2.00 PM... Watts Towers. Harbor Freeway. Left on Century. Right on Central 3 blocks. Left on 103rd. Right on Wilmington..." Photographed at University High School, West Los Angeles. This is a science classroom with gas outlets for bunsen burners on the desks and physics equations on the back wall.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Adult students in Mr. Cagle's photography class, University High School, 1965

Adult students in Mr. Cagle's photography class, University High School, 1965

Description:
Photograph of adult students in a photography class. The students are seated at desks, some viewed holding cameras or with cameras placed on the desks before them. Additional students stand in the back of the class. Most of the students' attentions are directed toward a man standing next to a blackboard (presumably the instructor, Mr. Cagle). On the blackboard are driving directions the Watts Towers. Text reads: "2.00 PM... Watts Towers. Harbor Freeway. Left on Century. Right on Central 3 blocks. Left on 103rd. Right on Wilmington..." Photographed at University High School, West Los Angeles. This is a science classroom with gas outlets for bunsen burners on the desks and physics equations on the back wall.
Date:
1965
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Adult students in Mr. Cagle's photography class, University High School, 1965

A fisherman mending his net by the station in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Description:
Photograph of a fisherman mending his net near the Southern Pacific Railroad station in San Pedro. The side of a building stands at left and stretches back towards the center. Along the bottom half of the building hangs a fishing net. The fisherman sits on a crate at center in the near distance. He sits facing the net to the left and reaches out to trim the netting. A dog stands directly behind him. Wood planks cover the ground and extend back towards a single-story building that stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa 1898]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A fisherman mending his net by the station in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

A fisherman mending his net on the wharf in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Description:
Photograph of a fisherman sitting on the wharf in San Pedro and mending his fishing net. The fisherman sits at center atop a crate and faces towards the right. He mends the netting which hangs from a railing to his right. A dog lies on the pier in front of him and to the left. The pier extends behind him from the lower left corner and up towards the center of the image. At far left a set of stairs rise from the pier and stretch beyond the frame. Water is visible just off the pier. On the opposite shore, houses stand in the distance and are reflected in the water.
Date:
[circa 1898]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A fisherman mending his net on the wharf in San Pedro, Los Angeles, about 1898

Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose pose outside the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose posing outside the Ambrose home on North Hellman Street (now Avenue 24). Agnes Ebey stands at left with hands clasped behind her back. She faces slightly right and tilts her head to look to the camera. Louise Ambrose stands at right. She too looks to the camera as she clasps her hands behind her back. Palm fronds grow behind them.
Date:
[circa 1894]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Ebey and Louise Ambrose pose outside the Ambrose home, Los Angeles, about 1894

A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Photograph of six boys and a man posing for an informal group photograph at Sycamore Park after taking tests for the Boy Scouts. Three boys stand on the left, a man stands center with newspapers and books under his arms, and three boys stand on the right, including H. H. West, Jr. on the far right. They stand on a sidewalk and are surrounded by trees. On the sidewalk near their feet, the shadow of a man wearing a hat is visible towards the center of the photograph.
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A group of boys, including H. H. West, Jr., pose for a photograph after taking tests for the Boy Scouts, Los Angeles, 1931