Search

Browse items

–

Current results range from 1925 to 1965

Search Constraints

You searched for: Location California--Los Angeles ✖Remove constraint Location: California--Los Angeles Date 1946 ✖Remove constraint Date: <span class='single'>1946</span>
Start Over

655 Catalog Results

Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Created with Sketch. List View List Gallery Created with Sketch. Gallery View Gallery

Search Results

Frances L. Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West, Jr. pose on the front porch of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Frances Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr., posing on the front porch steps of H. H. West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. The group is viewed close-up and stands together, off-center to the right. They stand in staggered rows on the steps and all look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. stands on the lowest level at right. Behind and to the left of him, Anna West stands a step higher. Mertie West stands on the same step to the left of Anna. Behind Mertie and Anna, Richard Siemsen stands on the highest step. Frances Wells stands beside him to the left. The covered porch stretches back behind the group, with the front door standing behind Frances. A few punch holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
July 25, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances L. Wells, Mertie West, Richard Siemsen, Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West, Jr. pose on the front porch of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1946

Several bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of several small bouquets of Bahia flowers lying in the grass near gravestones in Inglewood Cemetery. The cemetery grounds appear to tilt down to the left. A cemetery driveway passes across the foreground. At center and just up from the curb, several bouquets of Bahias lie in an arrangement on the grass. They extend back in 2 lines. Grave markers flush to the ground surround the bouquets. In the distance, gravestones and trees stand throughout the cemetery's grounds.
Date:
July, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Several bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Mrs. H. H. West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and Richard Siemsen pose on the front steps outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Close-up photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Ann West and Richard Siemsen posing on the front steps of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood. The group stands off-center to the left and all look to the camera. They are viewed close-up with some standing in partial view. Mertie West stands in partial view along the left edge. Frances Wells stands to the right of her; her hat extends beyond the top edge. Behind and to the right of Frances, H. H. West, Jr. stands a step higher. His head extends beyond the top edge. In front of H. H., Jr. and to the right, Ann Roth stands between Frances and Richard. Richard Siemsen stands rightmost; his head also extends beyond the top edge of the image. The front steps of the church rise behind them and towards the decorative front portal of the church that spans the background.
Date:
June, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mrs. H. H. West, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, Jr., Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. and Richard Siemsen pose on the front steps outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

Richard Siemsen, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, H. H. West, Jr. and Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. pose on the lawn outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, H. H. West, Jr. and Ann West posing on a lawn outside the First Methodist Church of Hollywood. The group stands off-center to the left in a row and all look to the camera. Behind the group, a sign stands at center. It reads, "[GLENN] RANDALL PHILLIPS, D.D. SUNDAY, JUNE 30. 9:30 [...] CHURCH SCHOO. [?]:45 A [...] 'AME[...] P[...']." Also behind the group, foliage lines the ground surrounding the exterior of the church, which stretches across the background.
Date:
June, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen, Frances West Wells, H. H. West, H. H. West, Jr. and Mrs. H. H. West, Jr. pose on the lawn outside a church, Los Angeles, 1946

Bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of several small bouquets of Bahia flowers lying in the grass near gravestones in Inglewood Cemetery. A cemetery driveway passes across the foreground. At center and just up from the curb, several bouquets of Bahias lie in an arrangement on the grass. They extend back in 2 lines. Grave markers flush to the ground surround the bouquets. In the distance, gravestones and trees stand throughout the cemetery's grounds.
Date:
July, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bouquets of Bahias lie in the grass at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Romayne Shaw and Richard Shaw pose in the backyard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Romayne Shaw and Richard Shaw posing while standing in the rear yard of William H. Shaw's home on Stockbridge Street. Father and son stand in the middle of the yard at center. They stand on an angle and smile to the camera. Richard Shaw is dressed in his Navy uniform. The back exterior wall of W. H. Shaw's home extends behind the 2 men on an angle at right. At left, a low brick wall lines the edge of the property. Behind the brick wall, a neighbor's house stands in partial view.
Date:
July 4, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Romayne Shaw and Richard Shaw pose in the backyard of W. H. Shaw's home, Los Angeles, 1946

Close-up view of Thornton Chase's tomb in Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the grave site for Thornton Chase, first American convert to the Baha'i Faith, in Inglewood Cemetery. The tombstone lies at center and is viewed at an angle, close up. The large tombstone lies flat over the ground. Some small bouquets of flowers lie atop it and on the ground surrounding it. The inscription on the tombstone reads, "'THIS IS THE ILLUMINED RESTING PLACE OF THE HOLY SOUL THORNTON CHASE WHO IS SHINING IN THE HORIZON OF ETERNAL LIFE EVER LIKE A STAR.' ABDUL, BAHA 1847 1912." Beyond Chase's grave, tombstones and trees dot the cemetery grounds in the distance.
Date:
July, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Close-up view of Thornton Chase's tomb in Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Distant view of Thornton Chase's tomb in Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the grave site for Thornton Chase, first American convert to the Baha'i Faith, in Inglewood Cemetery. The tombstone lies in the near distance at center and is viewed at an angle. The large tombstone lies flat over the ground. Some small bouquets of flowers lie atop it. A cemetery drive passes horizontally behind the tombstone. Beyond the drive, tombstones and trees dot the cemetery grounds.
Date:
July, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Distant view of Thornton Chase's tomb in Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1946

Bridge table set sits in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a bridge table set sitting on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the right. The bridge set is viewed close-up and stands right-of-center. A chair to the left of it faces the camera. Another chair is folded up and leans against the right side of the table. The sidewalk stretches through the image on an upward angle from right to left. Behind the table set, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches across the background. Doors stand wide open at right. From the doors, a hallway in shadow stretches back into the interior of the building. Behind the table, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN [...] CO. [L]ONG [BEACH]."
Date:
October, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bridge table set sits in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Bridge table set sitting in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a bridge table set sitting on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The photograph appears to tilt slightly downward to the left. The bridge set is viewed close-up. The table stands right-of-center. A chair to the left of it faces the camera. Another chair is folded up and leans against the front right corner of the table. The sidewalk stretches through the image on an upward angle to the left. Behind the table set, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches across the background. Doors stand wide open along the right edge. Behind the table, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN WHOLESALE HARDWARE CO. LONG BEACH."
Date:
October, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bridge table set sitting in front of the offices of the H. H. West Company on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946