Elizabeth West and Frances West pose on a tree in Chatsworth Park. Elizabeth stands with her arms over her head gripping a branch. Frances sits with her head resting on her hand. Both girls wear white outfits and dark tights. There is a mountain in the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth Siemsen, Dorothea Siemsen and H. H. West standing on a sidewalk and posing in front of the Siemsen family's home on Los Encinos Avenue in Glendale. The group stands in a row on a sidewalk at center. All look to the camera. The sidewalk stretches behind them on a slight angle to the right. Los Encinos Avenue runs parallel to the sidewalk at right and stretches into the distance. Hedges line the left side of the sidewalk. The Siemsen family residence stands in partial view along the left edge. It faces right and is obscured by trees that stand in front of it. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Photograph of H. H. West's daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, with a women, probably his wife, Mary, or his mother, Wilhelmina walking in an unpaved area in front of cars and trees on Mount Baldy.
Photograph, from left to right, of Irene Schmitz, Frances West, Chester Schmitz and Elizabeth West posing in a clearing in their campsite at Silver Lake. The 4 children stand right-of-center, in a row and hold hands. All look to the camera; Elizabeth West frowns. Behind and to the left of Irene, the camp stove sits on the ground. A pot sits atop one of the stove's burners. Clothes and towels hang over downed tree branches at left. Tall grasses line the back edge of the campsite. A mountain rises in the background.
Group photograph, from left to right, of Nella West, Mary West, Frances West, Elizabeth West and Minnie West posing in the Duro Car while traveling through Newhall Pass near Santa Clarita. The Duro is parked off-center to the left on a dirt road. It is viewed from the side and faces left. Nella West sits in the driver's seat and looks down while facing left. Mary West stands behind and to the right of her; she looks to camera as she props up Frances West to the right. Frances looks off towards the right. Elizabeth West sits in the backseat. She is to the right of Frances and looks to the camera. Minnie West sits to the right and in front of Elizabeth and also looks to the camera. Small flowering tree branches are attached to the side of the car near Minnie. Tall grasses line the side of the road in foreground as well as behind the car. Trees stand behind the group near the roadside and mountains rise in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances West, Ted McClellan and Elizabeth West hanging around the campsite near the base of a mountainside. Frances and Elizabeth stand at center and to the right of the back end of a vehicle. Frances stands closest to the car and looks down at something in her hands. Elizabeth stands to the right of Frances. She wears a bonnet and holds a fishing rod. Her other hand rests on her hip. A pot sits on the ground in front of her. The girls stand behind about 15 fish hanging from string. The string is attached to the car at left, is supported by a stick at center and continues out of the photograph at right. Ted McClellan stands behind and between the girls in the near distance. He leans against the driver's side of another car and looks downward. He wears a hat and holds a strap in his hands. A child (maybe Ted McClellan's son) stands to the left and behind Frances with his back to camera. Mountains rise in the background. A person's shadow enters the image at the bottom of the photograph on the left. A white blur cuts through the shadow.
Eva Taylor chases after H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth on the West's front lawn. Ms. Taylor wears a large hat. Elizabeth is running and has her hands up by her head. There is a hose crossing the lawn. The front porch is visible at the right and there are plants both on it and next to it. The neighbor's house is visible in the background, as well as trees and fences.
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.
Photograph of Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker standing at the top of a driveway leading up to the Siemsen's cabin at Big Bear Lake. They are seen from a low-angle view. A wide dirt drive, lined by loose rocks, enters frame along the lower right edge, curving slightly as it slopes upward towards center. At right and atop the small incline, stands, from left to right, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker. All 3 face slightly left as they look to the camera. Behind them, the ground slopes upward again. A cabin (partial view) stands behind them, entering frame from the right. To the left of the cabin, Elizabeth (left) and Al (right) Siemsen stand amidst a cluster of loose rocks. At far left, building materials sit in a pile. Trees line the background. Opaque white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
H. H. West's wife, Mary, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, eat lunch on the steps of a school house. All three eat what may be melons using spoons. Elizabeth and Frances have bows in their hair and wear boots. There is a small, open suitcase on the step by Elizabeth's feet. There is an open box next to Mary, as well as jars and dishes. There are two doors behind them and there is sand in the foreground.
According to the caption form the negative sleeve, the children, from left to right are: Irene Schmitz, Frances West and Chester Schmitz. They are all misidentified, the children in the photograph from left to right are: Elizabeth West, Chester Schmitz, Frances West and Irene Schmitz.
Group photograph, from left to right, of: Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz, Elizabeth West, Winnie Schmitz, Minnie West, Frances West and Irene Schmitz? sitting along a curb and taking a rest in Balboa Park. They are gathered at center in the near distance. Kate Schmitz is obscured as she sits in the grass behind Mary West at left. The other members of the group look in various directions. Mary looks to the right at Elizabeth. Elizabeth gazes off towards the left. Winnie Schmitz looks off towards the right. Minnie West looks down and to the right. Frances West and Irene Schmitz both turn their backs to the camera to look behind them. Other park visitors sit beneath the shade of the trees at center and left, behind the curb. A woman walks through the image in the foreground at right. In the distance at right, the Salt Lake Route - Union Pacific Building stands in partial view.
A blurry photograph of Elizabeth West, Minnie West, Christina Schmitz and Frances Cline riding an Osborn Electriquette along a road through Balboa Park and past the Nevada Building. Their electriquette drives along the road at center. It appears to be in motion and moving towards the left. Elizabeth sits on the front end of the wicker cart and holds a long stick out in front of her with one hand and holds on to the hat on her head with the other. From left to right, Minnie, Christina and Frances sit across the seat of the cart. The road they ride upon extends back and to the right. Behind them, the Nevada Building stands in partial view on the left half of the image. A couple visitors to the park walk along a sidewalk in the distance at far right. Behind the visitors, trees stand in the background.
According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The buildings in some of the photographs were not built until 1915. It is more likely that these images are were taken in 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in the photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Albert Schmitz, Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz, Elizabeth West, Mrs. Harry Schmitz (Winifred M.) and Minnie West, gathered along a curbside in front of the San Joaquin Valley Building while attending the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park. Albert Schmitz stands at left, separate from the rest of the group. His back is towards the camera and he faces the curb to the right, where the rest of the group sits. Mary A. West, Elizabeth West, Winnie Schmitz and Minnie West sit in a row at center on a curb that runs in front of the San Joaquin Valley Building. Mary and Elizabeth West look to the camera. Winnie Schmitz looks towards the left, as does Minnie West. Behind Mary, Kate Schmitz wears white and walks towards the building behind another woman. Landscaped grounds stretch between them and the building. The facade of the building is viewed at an angle and recedes into the distance at left. Trees stand in front blocking the first floor, but the ornately decorated second story rises above the landscaping.
According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The Sacramento Valley Building, viewed here was not built until 1915. It is likely that this image was taken around 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in the photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.
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.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, stands next to her baby brother, H. H. West Jr., who is in a stroller. She has her hands in the pockets of her sweater and she wears a belt, plaid skirt, and laced boots. He wears a cap and sweater and his eyes are closed. There are blankets in the stroller. There are windows at the left and what may be a garage in the background. H. H. West's shadow is visible on the wall at the left.
Photograph of Dorothea Siemsen standing on a sidewalk and posing in front of her family's home on Los Encinos Avenue in Glendale. A sidewalk stretches through the foreground on an upward angle from the lower left corner towards the right. Hedges line the left side of the sidewalk. Dorothea Siemsen stands along the back edge of the sidewalk at center and looks to the camera. Behind her, a driveway intersects the sidewalk. Further back, the Siemsen family residence stands in the background, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. Tall trees obscure the front side of the home. A neighboring house stands in the distance at right.
Mrs. George M. West (Wilhelmina Lemberger West) was H. H. West's mother. Mrs. H. H. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth and Frances West.
Frances West and Elizabeth West sit on a large rock in Chatsworth Park. Both girls wear white outfits and dark tights. There are trees and mountains in the background.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, plays jacks on the West's driveway. She bends over and looks up at the camera. The house is at the right with vines growing on it and a Spanish-tile carport in the background. There are bushes at the left along with a fence. Another house is visible across the street.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Frances West, Mary West, Wilfrid Cline, Minnie West and Elizabeth West resting in a field in Etiwanda (now part of Rancho Cucamonga) on their way to visit Wayne in Redlands. The group is clumped together at center and everyone looks to camera. Frances kneels in the grass at left. Mary and Minnie both sit in the grass. Mary sits back behind and to the right of Frances. Minnie sits front and center. Wilfrid Cline and Elizabeth West stand. Wilfrid stands behind and between Mary and Minnie. Elizabeth stands separate from the group at right. The field they stop in stretches behind them into the distance. A railroad line runs behind them diagonally at left and towards the horizon at center.
Photograph of Elizabeth West fetching water from a spring at Little Lake. She stands right-of-center and holds a pail out to the left. A pipe extends out from behind her head and water flows out of the pipe and into the pail she holds. What appears to be a sluice juts into the image at lower left. A dwelling stands in the near distance at left. Behind Elizabeth, fencing extends across the image. In the far distance low mountains rise. A sign at far left reads, "[...] MILES TO [...] AIR AT [...] PENDENCE [...] RAGE [...]."
Alfred Siemsen, Richard Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Elizabeth West Siemsen, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen stand in front of the Siemsen's home. H. H. West Jr. holds a cat. Alfred holds what may be a camera. Dorothea holds something to her mouth.
H. H. West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, stand in front of the garage of their house at 165 South Harvard Boulevard. There are tables behind them with towels on them. An open book is on the ground behind Frances. There is a fence at the left. The image is dark and difficult to see.
H. H. West's wife, Mary, poses on a front lawn with her daughters, Elizabeth and Frances. Mrs. West crouches down and holds Frances's hand. Frances sits in the stroller and has a cloth tied around her waist. Elizabeth stands behind Frances with her hands on the back of the stroller. There are houses, trees, and utility poles in the background.
H. H. West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, stand on the beach at La Jolla with Glen Velzy in the background. The girls stand among rocks and have their arms around each other's backs. They wear bows in their hair. Mr. Velzy wears a suit and a hat. There are large rocks stretching above him.
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.
At right, H. H. West holds the end of a string of trout and cigar while he looks to the camera. He stands in front of a boulder. The string extends to the left side of the image. In the center, about fifteen total trout hang from the string. A stick standing left-of-center supports the string of trout. The string is attached to a parked car near the rear tire. Frances West, Elizabeth West and Ted McClellan stand in line extending back from behind the stick. The girls wear similar printed dresses with bonnets and all three face the general direction of H. H. A car that faces left is parked behind and to the left of them. A mountain rises in the background at left.
Photograph, from front to back, of Elizabeth West, Mary A. West and Frances West sitting on a beach in the vicinity of Topanga. They sit on the beach clumped together at center. Elizabeth sits with her legs stretched out in front of her to the right as she looks to the camera and brings her hand to her mouth. Behind her, Mary West sits facing right, but looks down towards Elizabeth. She holds on to a rifle that stands upright on the beach. Behind her, Frances West peeks behind Mary's back and looks to the camera. Behind them at left, a picnic basket sits on the beach. Waves approach the shore in the distance at right. Low mountains stretch across the background.
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.
Photograph of H. H. West's Buick sitting by the side of dirt road while the Wests wait for the rest of their party. The car is parked off to the right side of the road, in the distance, and is viewed from the back. Elizabeth West stands to the left side of the car with her back to camera. The dirt road tapers as it extends from the bottom edge of the image and curves to the left on an incline towards the center. It is lined on both sides by fencing. A telephone pole stands in the distance at center and trees dot the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Frances Cline, Elizabeth West and Frances West entering the Big Tujunga Creek. Frances Cline leads the way as she hikes up her plaid-printed dress and walks into the creek. She is wearing a white hat. Elizabeth West steps into the creek behind her and also holds up her skirt. Behind Elizabeth West, Frances West crouches over on the bank to remove her shoes and socks. Both West girls wear dark-colored skirts and white blouses. Shoes and a rectangular container are strewn across the bank near Frances West. A large boulder in the creek sits behind Frances Cline on the left. Large rocks are scattered along the creek in the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline wading in Big Tujunga Creek and posing for a photograph in front of a boulder. Elizabeth and Frances West both wear matching white tops with a tie on the collar and dark-colored skirts. Frances Cline wears a light-colored plaid printed outfit. The creek flows from the lower right to mid-left center. Trees and chaparral are in the background.
According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The Home Economy Building, viewed here was not built until 1915. It is likely that this image was taken around 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in this set of photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.
Photograph of Elizabeth West tending to a small snowman she is building. She stands at center on a slight uphill slope and hunches over facing the left. Her hands reach out to the sides of a small snowman standing on the ground to the left. She appears to pat the sides of the snowman. The snowman balances a piece of snow on its head. In the background, trees line the horizon. A tree at right is stripped of its branches. Someone casts a shadow into the lower right corner of the image.