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Bird's-eye view of an intersection en route to Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph of an intersection passed en route to Mount Vernon by H. H. West; it is viewed from a bird's-eye perspective. The town may be Alexandria, Virginia. At left, a long two-story building stands on the corner of 2 streets. A street runs horizontally in front of it from left to where it dead-ends on the right. It intersects a lamp-lined street at right. A parkway runs along side the street on the right. A utility pole stands in the foreground at center. A smokestack billowing dark smoke is visible in the distance.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bird's-eye view of an intersection en route to Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Bird's-eye view of a town en route to Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph of a town that H. H. West passed through on his way to visit Mount Vernon. The town might be Alexandria, Virginia. It is viewed from above. At left, a bungalow-style house and a garage(?) stand in the foreground. Behind them, a large building with a bell tower stands. A utility pole is in the foreground at center. At right, there is a small hill with barren trees. Behind the trees, additional houses can be seen. The ground is covered in patches of snow.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bird's-eye view of a town en route to Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Description:
Text from negative sleeve: 2367. Eastern trip October 1947. Washington D C. 1 Mertie West looking across at Supreme Court bldg. 2 Looking down street toward entrance to White House, when entrance closed and no visitors. 3 Mertie West entering White House grounds. 4 The City Post office. 5 Our first view of Washington taken at depot as we stepped out. Dome in rear. 6 Mertie West crossing street to White House fence. 7 Front view of White House thru fence. 8 Southern entrance White House taken thru fence.
Date:
October 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Man walking down a sidewalk near the White House visitors' entrance, Washington (D.C.), 1947

Description:
Photograph of a man strolling along a sidewalk in the vicinity of the White House visitors' entrance in Washington, D.C. A street corner sits in the foreground at left. Its sidewalks stretch horizontally across the foreground to the right and straight back through center. Further back at the corner, a tall, stone post stands, right-of-center. Wrought-iron fencing extends from it to the right and out-of-frame. The same fencing stretches back behind the post, lining the sidewalk. Enclosed behind the fence are shrubbery and trees. In the mid-ground, a man walks towards camera down the sidewalk. He looks towards the fence at right. Equally-spaced trees line the sidewalk's curb at left. To the left of the trees, a street stretches into the distance. A building lines the far side of the street at left and the Washington Monument is barely visible rising in the far distance at center.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Man walking down a sidewalk near the White House visitors' entrance, Washington (D.C.), 1947

Mertie West looking across at Supreme Court Building, Washington (D.C.), 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West looking towards the United States Supreme Court Building from the south. Mertie West stands in the foreground at center alongside East Capitol Street NE. She stands with her back to the camera. East Capitol Street NE stretches ahead of her on a slight upward angle from left to right. On the far side of the street, hedges and trees line the Supreme Court Building's lawn. Beyond the hedges, the west facade of the Supreme Court Building rises, off-center to the left. The neoclassical building is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. A columned portico juts forward from the center of the building. It is capped by a sculpted pediment. The building's wings stretch out to either side of the west porch. The right wing is obscured by trees. Two sculpted, seated figures extend out from the porch and flank its steps.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West looking across at Supreme Court Building, Washington (D.C.), 1947

A view of an intersection in an African-American community, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph of an African-American community near Washington, D.C. (possibly Alexandria, Virginia) as viewed from a passing car. Three young African-American boys and 3 African-American women walk along the dirt roads. The boys begin to walk down a street at the lower left corner. Two of them look back towards the camera. Behind them at center, two women walk through a large road towards a woman sitting on the side of the road to their left. Dwellings, utility poles and trees line the street at right. A building and some trees stand on the opposite side of the street at left.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A view of an intersection in an African-American community, Washington, D.C. vicinity, 1914

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, Washington (D. C.), 1929

Description:
Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California, meets with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, to discuss the conservation of oil resources. A similar photo apears with the article "OIL STATES SEEK TO CHECK WASTE...," Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1929: A1.
Date:
May 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, Washington (D. C.), 1929

Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, Washington (D.C.), 1929

Description:
Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California, meets with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, to discuss the conservation of oil resources. Photo appears with the article "OIL STATES SEEK TO CHECK WASTE...," Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1929: A1.
Date:
May 5, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mark Requa, Republican National Committeeman of California with Otis George Smith, director-general of the United States Geological Survey, Washington (D.C.), 1929