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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

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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

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

Alfred Siemsen, Richard Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Elizabeth West Siemsen, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen stand in front of the Siemsen's home, Glendale, about 1929

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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.
Date:
About 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Alfred Siemsen, Richard Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Elizabeth West Siemsen, Mertie West, and Dorothea Siemsen stand in front of the Siemsen's home, Glendale, about 1929

Richard Siemsen, Alfred Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth West Siemsen, and Mertie West stand in front of the Siemsen's home, Glendale, about 1937

Description:
Richard Siemsen, Alfred Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth West Siemsen, and Mertie West stand in front of the Siemsen's home. There is a mailbox by the sidewalk at the right. There are trees in front of the house. Another house is visible at the left.
Date:
About 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen, Alfred Siemsen, H. H. West Jr., Dorothea Siemsen, Elizabeth West Siemsen, and Mertie West stand in front of the Siemsen's home, Glendale, about 1937

Richard Siemsen poses with a cane in H. H. West's yard next to a furniture sale sign, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing with a cane while standing next to a furniture sale sign on the front lawn of H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. Richard Siemsen stands in the near distance, left-of-center, on the front lawn. He looks to the camera and holds George M. West's cane out to the right. To the left of Richard, a sign posted in front of the house reads, "FURNITURE FOR SALE." Behind Richard, the front of the West's home on Griffin Avenue stretches across the background. It is viewed at an angle from the front and enters frame at left. Directly behind Richard, from left to right, Mertie West and Maud F. West stand beneath the arch of the front porch. From the front porch, a walkway extends on a downward angle towards the right. Wayne West stands on the far side of the walkway with his back turned to camera. Beyond him, a neighbor's house stands in the background at right.
Date:
May, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen poses with a cane in H. H. West's yard next to a furniture sale sign, Los Angeles, 1944

Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Richard Siemsen standing in front of the Mobile Radio Station display while attending the "Shot from the Sky" exhibit near Gilmore Stadium. Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand side-by-side at center. Mertie stands leftmost of the two. She faces and looks to the right. Richard stands to the right of her and looks to the camera. Behind them a sign for Mobile Radio Station stands. It reads, "[MOB]ILE RADIO STATION [...GE] OF 2300 MIL[...] [...D] UP TO 50 MI. PER [...] [CO]UNTERPART AMONG [...]." To the left of that display sign, 3 people gather behind Mertie at a booth. A sign over the booth reads, "BUY A WAR BOND GET A WAR JOB." Another display sign sits to the left of the booth people. It reads, "[TH]E U S ARMY S[IGNAL] [...] PRESEN[TS] THE S. C. R. [...] [???ATES] AIR AN[D] [...] [R]ETURNED [...] [R]ADIO EQU[...] IN NORTH AFRICA EXCLUSIVELY BY T[...] Chicag[o] [...]." Flags and antennae rise above and behind the displays at left. In the distance at right, military trucks and stadiums stand in the background.
Date:
December, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Richard Siemsen stand in front of the Mobile Radio Station exhibit, Los Angeles, 1944

Richard Siemsen and Mertie West pose in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen and Mertie West posing in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition near Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles. Richard Siemsen and Mertie West stand side-by-side at center. Both look to the camera. Other exhibit attendees stand on either side of them; all face away from camera and towards the exhibit behind Richard and Mertie. A plane is displayed in the near distance at center. It is partially obscured by Richard and Mertie. The tail of the plane is elevated at left and a portion of a swastika is visible on it. Beyond the plane, signage for the exhibit stands elevated above the exhibit, it reads, "SHOTFROMTHESKY."
Date:
December, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen and Mertie West pose in front of the plane exhibit at the "Shot from the Sky" exhibition, Los Angeles, 1944

Richard Siemsen, H. H. West, Jr., Dottie Siemsen and Mertie West wait for a train, Glendale, 1937

Description:
An informal group photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen, H. H. West, Jr., Dottie (Dorothea) Siemsen and Mertie Whitaker West posing while they wait for a train at the S. P. R. R. train station in Glendale. They wait for train to Santa Barbara where H. H. West, Jr.'s high school band was to perform. The Siemsen children and Mertie all pose and look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. wears his band uniform and gazes off towards the left. People mill about the platform in the background. Some at right also wear their band uniforms. Train tracks are at left as well as the exhaust from a train.
Date:
December 18, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Richard Siemsen, H. H. West, Jr., Dottie Siemsen and Mertie West wait for a train, Glendale, 1937