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Servicemen fire a cannon during a Decoration Day service at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
A blurry photograph of servicemen firing a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery while a spectator watches. The cannon stands, left-of-center, in an open field. It is viewed from the side with its muzzle facing towards the right. A serviceman stands in front of the cannon at right with his back turned to the camera. He stands back from the cannon and holds a ramrod upright in his right hand. Another serviceman stands behind the cannon at left. He faces the camera, but turns to look back towards the left. Another man stands at center in front of the camera. His back is to the camera as he appears to walk towards the cannon. A thick cloud of smoke billows out from the muzzle of the cannon at right. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Servicemen fire a cannon during a Decoration Day service at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Servicemen commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
A blurry photograph of servicemen performing services in commemoration of Decoration (Memorial) Day in Los Angeles National Cemetery. In the near distance, an obelisk stands atop a low mound at right. Servicemen surround the monument on 3 sides. Just inside the left edge of the image, several servicemen hold up American flags. They face right, towards the obelisk. In the distance at center, servicemen stand in row and hold firearms; they face towards the camera and obelisk. They appear to have just fired a gun salute as a cloud of white smoke hovers over them. The line of servicemen at center extends around the right side of the obelisk and out-of-frame at right. Hills stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Servicemen commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Two servicemen stand near a cannon in Los Angeles National Cemetery during Decoration Day, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of servicemen standing nearby a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery. The cannon stands at center in an open field. It is viewed at an angle from the side with its muzzle facing towards the right. A serviceman stands in front of the cannon at right. He appears to walk towards the right while he holds a ramrod upright in his right hand. Another serviceman stands behind the cannon at left. He faces and looks towards the other serviceman nearer to camera at right. Another man stands in partial view behind the cannon at left with his back to the camera. The field sprawls into the distance and mountains rise in the background.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Two servicemen stand near a cannon in Los Angeles National Cemetery during Decoration Day, Los Angeles, about 1895

Servicemen perform a gun salute during Decoration Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of servicemen standing in Los Angeles National Cemetery for Decoration (Memorial) Day services and watching as soldiers ready for a gun salute. Flowering shrubbery lines the bottom edge of the image. Servicemen stand in the mid-ground, facing towards the right and away from the camera. Right of center, soldiers raise their firearms and aim, possibly readying for a gun salute. Other servicemen stand behind them at left and center. Flags stand at center, just above the crowd.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Servicemen perform a gun salute during Decoration Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

H. H. West and Rover sitting in the tules, Los Angeles, 1895

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Rover (Guy West's dog) and H. H. West sitting in the tules near Watson Spur hunting for ducks. Rover sits at left behind H. H. West. H. H. West is viewed in profile as he sits among the tules with his gun at the ready. Both he and Rover face right. A dead duck lies on top of flattened down tules in front of H. H. West at center. A shadow of someone's head enters the photograph from the bottom edge.
Date:
1895
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Rover sitting in the tules, Los Angeles, 1895

Servicemen loading and prepparing a cannon for firing during a Decoration Day commemoration at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of a couple of servicemen working to load a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery while others watch. The cannon stands at center in an open field. It is viewed from the side with its muzzle facing towards the right. A serviceman stands in front of the cannon at right with his back turned to the camera. He holds a ramrod as he muzzle-loads the cannon. Another serviceman stands behind the cannon at left and faces towards the right. Several other men stand either behind the cannon or the the left of it and watch. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Servicemen loading and prepparing a cannon for firing during a Decoration Day commemoration at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Military personnel commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of the Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) services held at Los Angeles National Cemetery. In the mid-ground, an obelisk stands atop a low mound, right-of-center. Servicemen surround the monument on 3 sides. Near the left edge of the image, servicemen hold up American flags. They face right, towards the obelisk. In the distance at center, servicemen stand in row and hold firearms; they face towards the camera and obelisk. At right, more servicemen stand and hold flags. They face towards the left. Gravestones and flowering plants occupy the foreground. Hills stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Military personnel commemorate Decoration Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, about 1895

Two servicemen fire a cannon in Los Angeles National Cemetery during Decoration Day while a spectator watches, Los Angeles, about 1895

Description:
Photograph of servicemen firing a cannon during Decoration (Memorial) Day services at Los Angeles National Cemetery while a spectator watches. The cannon stands, left-of-center, in an open field. It is viewed from the rear with its muzzle towards the horizon at right. A serviceman stands in front of the back end of the cannon, left-of-center. He faces towards the right and crosses his arms in front of him. Slightly further back and to the right of the cannon, another serviceman stands with his back to the camera. He holds a ramrod upright in his right hand as he watches the cannon fire. A spectator stands to the left side of the cannon. His back is to the camera as he crouches down and cranes his head to watch the cannon fire. A thick cloud of smoke billows out from the muzzle of the cannon at right. Low mountains stand in the far distance.
Date:
[circa May 30, 1895]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Two servicemen fire a cannon in Los Angeles National Cemetery during Decoration Day while a spectator watches, Los Angeles, about 1895