H. H. West's daughter, Frances, stands on the beach with her back to the camera. She wears ribbons in her hair. A man and woman walk by the ocean. The man wears a bathing suit and the woman wears a sweater. There is seaweed scattered on the sand.
The battleships that the people were waiting for were part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, which passed through Santa Monica Bay on April 25, 1908.
Lola Bidwell pushes Elizabeth West in a stroller. She holds an umbrella at an angle. She wears a large hat and a white dress. Elizabeth is sitting up and wears a bonnet. There are utility poles throughout with wires overhead. There is sand at the left.
Mary West sits on a wooden bench eating lunch with her daughter, Elizabeth West, and her in-laws, George and Wilhelmina West. Both women wear large hats. Elizabeth is sitting on the long pile of wood next to the picnic baskets. George and Wilhelmina sit on wooden stumps. There are other wood planks at the right. In the background, there are buildings with scaffolding in front of them and wagons parked in front. There are utility poles and wires throughout.
E. C. "Dick" Taylor holds a gun over his shoulder with ducks hanging from it. He wears a hat and a vest with objects in the pockets. He stands in front of the West's beach cottage. There are shovels leaning up against the cottage and a bench at the left. Taylor stands on a wooden walkway.
People sit on the beach watching the passing fleet of battleships. Steam streams from the ships, which are visible in the distance. The people sit in the sand, on a chair, and on a bench. There is a sign in the sand at the left.
Fannie Mead Biddick and her daughter, Ruth, sit wrapped in a blanket on a bench on the beach. Ruth has a finger in her mouth and wears a bonnet. There is a wooden post next to the bench. There are cottages in the background, as well as utility poles with wires above.
Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth and Frances. Guy M. West was H. H. West's brother and Maude Hamilton went on to become Guy's wife.
Mary West kneels in the sand while Elizabeth and Frances West sit next to her and Maude Hamilton reclines in between. Mary has her hands behind her back. Elizabeth looks off to the left and Frances has a feather in her hair. There are cottages in the background and utility poles with wires throughout.
View of the Ship Café along with the Abbot Kinney Pier and the crowds in front. Flags hang all over the restaurant, which was built in the shape of a ship. There are other buildings at both the left and right of the image.
Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) and his other children. Wilson D. West was H. H. West's brother.
Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) and his other children. Wilson D. West was H. H. West's brother.
Mary A. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children. Frances West (Frances Lucille West Wells) was their daughter.
View of the West's beach cottage. The cottage has a small porch on the first floor and a larger second-story porch. A window toward the back is propped open. There appears to be a porch at the back of the cottage, as well. Another cottage with clothes hanging on a line in front is visible at the right, and another cottage is at the left of the image. There are utility wires above and a wooden sidewalk in the foreground.