H. H. West Jr. (at left) and two others wearing R. O. T. C. uniforms in Forest Lawn Cemetery. West and the boy next to him have their hands behind their backs. They stand on a road with the curb and trees behind them.
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. (center) posing while fishing off of a pier in Long Beach. He stands in front of the rail on the north side of the pier and turns to look at the camera. He holds a fishing rod in both hands. Two men stand on either side of him; both are mostly out of frame on each side of the photograph. Between the rails, the beach and beachgoers can be seen in the distance at right.
Photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. standing on the beach in Topanga. Both boys stand at center with both hands to their hips. At left, Ambrose faces forward but glances to the left. To his right, H. H. West, Jr. also faces towards the camera, but he casts his gaze upwards. Tents stand on the beach behind them. Brush-covered mountains rise in the far distance.
H. H. West Jr. and Richard West stand in front of the West's home at 2223 Griffin Avenue. H. H. West Jr. wears his army uniform. Richard wears a suit and his has hands on his hips. There are neighboring houses, trees, and parked cars in the background.
H. H. West Jr. poses holding his clarinet after participating in a parade. He wears a uniform that consists of a hat and a loose shirt tied at the waist with a sash. There are other people behind him, as well as trees and bushes.
H. H. West Jr. fishes off of the San Clemente Pier. He leans over the railing and has one foot up on it. There is a light post in the background. Another boy stands at the right of the photograph next to a bench. There are mountains and trees in the background.
Photograph of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse as viewed at a distance from the south. The lighthouse stands left-of-center and is viewed at an angle from the side. The wall facing the camera has a singular window at top right. The front of the building is visible to the right. H. H. West, Jr. walks past the building and away from the camera in the far distance to the right of the building. A dirt road passes in front of the building in the foreground. Two communications towers stands in the distance to the left of the building.
H. H. West and his son pose with the trout they caught in Grant Lake. H. H. West Jr. holds a fishing pole and wears a visor, while his father wears a hat and sits on a rock. The fish are on a rock in front of them. A basket also sits on the rock. There are rocks throughout, and the lake is in the background, along with a mountain.
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. standing on the beach and looking to the camera as another man bends over to tinker with a fishing rod. H. H. West, Jr. stands at right. He faces left, but turns his head to look to the camera. A man (partial view) is hunched over at left. Only his torso and head are visible as he enters the frame at left, facing right, and tinkers with a fishing rod. Behind them, the beach expands into the distance.
H. H. West Jr. poses with trout that he caught in Grant Lake. He wears a visor and holds a fishing pole. The fish are on the rocks in front of him. One sits on the edge of a basket. There are rocks throughout, and the lake is in the background, along with a mountain.
Photograph, from left to right, of Larry Wolfe and H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of the H. H. West Company's warehouse while Ray Norton fixes up a truck. The warehouse is viewed at a distance from the opposite side of East Olympic Boulevard. East Olympic Boulevard stretches across the foreground. The H. H. West Company's warehouse stands on the far side of the street at center. It is viewed at a slight angle from the front. The building stands one-story tall. The garage at far left is open. Larry Wolfe and H. H. West, Jr. stand at left, in the driveway in front of the open garage, and pose. To the right of them, a truck is parked in front of the building. It is viewed from the front. Ray Norton crouches in front of the right side of the car as he fixes a license plate to the vehicle. In front of the far right side of the building, another car is parked in the driveway. It is parked in front of a closed garage. Signage posted along the top of the building reads, "H. H. WEST CO. 1230 FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS 1230."
Photograph, from left to right, of William L. Kinsell, Mertie West, Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front lawn of H. H. West's residence on North Ridgewood Place. The group stands in a row in the near distance at center. All look to the camera. They stand on the lawn, just behind the front walkway. The walkway stretches across the image in front of them. It widens as it approaches the right. Behind them and to the left, North Ridgewood Place enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. Houses line both sides of the street as it approaches the distance.
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing for photograph somewhere at Glen Ranch near Lytle Creek. He stands at center and looks directly to the camera. A white obstruction in the photograph appears above him and consumes the top third of the photograph.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, wraps her arm around her baby brother, H. H. West Jr., who holds on to a trunk. He wears a hat. There is a clothesline above them and another at the right. There is a fence surrounding the yard with bushes in front of it. Utility poles and wires, houses, and trees are in the background.
H. H. West Jr. leans on a wooden railing in the West's backyard. He wears a hat and looks at the camera. The house is at the left. There is a fence in the background. A hose stretches across the lawn.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth, plays with her baby brother, H. H. West Jr., in the West's backyard. She sits on the ground and holds his arm. There is a clothes line above them and a fence, hose, houses, utility pole and wires in the background.
Tacoma and Lois Winkler hold H. H. West Jr.'s hands. There is a hose on the ground behind them, as well as a tub. The house is in the background. There is a chair on the porch and plants growing on the roof of the porch.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth helps her baby brother, H. H. West Jr., who is in a baby walker. They are on the driveway of the West's house, and the garage is in the background. There is a man with his back to the camera in the garage. There are bushes at the right.
H. H. West Jr. sits in a tub in the West's backyard. There is a blanket in the tub. There is a hose on the ground behind him. The house is in the background. There is a chair on the porch and plants growing on the roof of the porch.
H. H. West Jr. sits in the West's backyard.There is a hose on the ground behind him, as well as a tub. The house is in the background. There is a chair on the porch and plants growing on the roof of the porch.
Photograph, from left to right, of Phil Cohen, Mark Schwandt, H. H. West, Jr., Flintrop, Tempie and Bender relaxing in a field of tall grasses while stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Tall grasses line the bottom edge of the image. Phil Cohen, Mark Schwandt and H. H. West, Jr. sit nearer to camera at left. H. H. West, Jr. kneels on the ground at center and is viewed close-up; he is nearest to camera. He faces left and gazes past the camera while holding a bottle of soda. Phil Cohen is leftmost and kneels on the ground, facing right. He looks to the camera. Behind and between Phil and H. H., Jr., Mark Schwandt sits on the ground, facing right, and gazes towards the left. Behind and to the right of H. H., Jr., Flintrop, Tempie and Bender sit and stand in the near distance. Flintrop stands leftmost of that group. Either Tempie or Bender sit or stand at far right; all face towards the right. The field they're gathered in stretches into the distance behind them. Mountains rise in the background.
Photograph, taken from a distance, of (from left to right): Neil Wells, Mertie West, Frances West Wells and H. H. West, Jr. sitting on the back porch of the cabin in the Minnelusa Canyon area of Big Bear Lake. A small boulder on the left has "#19" painted on it and large rocks line a stepped walkway starting from the lower right corner.
Photograph (from left to right) of: Neil Wells, Mertie West, Frances West Wells and Henry H. West Jr. as they sit on the back porch of the Wells' cabin in the Minnelusa Canyon area at Big Bear Lake.
Photograph of the Wells cabin in the Minnelusa Canyon area of Big Bear Lake and the surrounding wooded landscape, heavily blanketed in snow, as seen from below a small hill. Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, H. H. West, Jr., Frances (West) Wells and Forrest Whitaker stand in row just off the front porch of the cabin and admire the snow.
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Anna West and H. H. West, Jr. posing in the courtyard at El Paseo in Santa Barbara. They stand side-by-side at center and look to the camera. Behind them and to the right, a tiled fountain sits low to the ground on a lawn. The courtyard surrounds the Wests. Spanish Colonial styled buildings line the perimeter of the courtyard in the background.
Photograph of Ambrose Cline in profile as he holds a bow and draws back an arrow while playing in the backyard. He faces right, stands barefoot and blocks his face from view with his elbow. Standing behind the bow, H. H. West, Jr. watches Ambrose. A wooden box sits in the lower right corner and a fence runs across the background behind H. H., Jr.
Photograph, from left to right, of Frank Willis, Dudley Nichols and H. H. West, Jr. as all three boys stand with snowballs in hand and their arms drawn back, ready to throw. Frank Willis is the tallest and is in motion to throw the snowball. Dudley Nichols stands center and is slightly turned to the left as he prepares to throw. H. H. Jr. has one arm draped over Dudley's shoulder and in his other hand he readies to throw a snowball. They stand in front of a camp building. The building extends from the left and ends on the far right of the photograph. It has a window on the far left and far right; another window seems obscured behind the trio of boys. A smokestack rises out of the top of the building towards its center. Another boy stands beyond and to the right of the group of three. He cups a snowball in both hands and looks off to the left. Beyond him, a man leans against the corner of the building and is turned away from the camera towards the right. Power lines run horizontally across the photograph above the building.
H. H. West, Jr. (right) sits on sled hitched to the back of H. H. West's Buick (left), which is parked along a snowy road. Frances West Wells peeks out the rear window of the car.
H. H. West Jr. prepares to fish off of the San Clemente Pier. He has one foot up on the railing. There is a light post behind him. There is another person at the right of the photograph, as well as a bench. There are mountains in the background.
H. H. West Jr. holds two birds. He wears a coat and hat. A porch is at the left, including vines climbing a pole and a swing in the background. There is a fence in the background, as well as utility poles and wires, and houses.
H. H. West Jr. holds birds. He wears a coat and hat. There is a swing behind him and there are vines climbing a pole at the right. The shadow of leaves are visible in the background.
Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing on the front walkway of the West's new residence on North Ridgewood Place. A concrete walkway extends at an angle from the lower right and up towards the left. H. H. West, Jr. stands in the near distance at center, along the walkway. He faces slightly left and turns his head to look towards the camera. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from the Aleutian Islands. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind him at right, a low set of wide steps leads up to a porch that juts out from the front of the building. An arch arcs over the front steps. It is flanked by a cut-out window on the left. A large shrub stands behind H. H., Jr. and in front of the building. In the background at left, a neighboring house stands in partial view; it is viewed from the side.
The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group.
H. H. West Jr. stands on the front lawn of 2223 Griffin Avenue eating watermelon. He wears overalls and glasses. Houses, trees, and utility poles and wires are visible across the street.
Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West Siemsen, H. H. West, Jr. and Frances West Wells posing for an informal family photograph in the front yard of the Siemsen house. Elizabeth and Frances stand on either side of their brother, H. H., Jr.; both women look to camera. H. H. Jr. wears a uniform and gazes past the camera. The trio stands on the front lawn of Elizabeth's house. A small front porch and window are visible behind them.
An under exposed photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West, Sr. all sitting in a row on the same side of a dining table under the oak trees at Soper's Ranch. They are viewed from the end of the table. Mertie sits at left, furthest away from camera and H. H. West, Sr. sits at right nearest the camera. Mertie rests her head to hand as she looks to the camera. H. H., Jr. stares off towards the left. H. H., Sr. turns his head towards the other two. The table in front of them is strewn with plates, bowls and cups. Trees occupy the background.
Glendale YMCA Marching Band in the Armistice Day Parade. The band uniform consists of white pants, a hat, and a loose-fitting shirt tied at the waist. H. H. West Jr. was in the band, though he is not identifiable in the image. There are cars and spectators at the left and in the distance. Businesses at the right include DuVernet Beauty Salon andGreer Drug Co. There are streetcar lines overhead, and hanging from one is a sign reading, "Car Stop."
H. H. West's wife, Mertie West, stands in a backyard with her arm around West's son, H. H. West Jr. She wars a large hat and a necklace. He wears a track suit with a "C" on the chest. There are bushes and trees behind her, as well as a fence and a shed.
Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West posing on the front steps of the West's new residence on North Ridgewood Place. A concrete walkway extends from the middle of the bottom edge and up towards the right. A short set of steps stretches across the entryway and leads up to the front porch of a duplex. H. H. West, Jr. and H. H. West stand in the near distance at center, in front of the porch. Both look to the camera. H. H., Jr. stands leftmost, on the walkway in front of the porch. H. H. West stands up a step at center and rests his hands to his hips. H. H. West, Jr. just arrived in Los Angeles from the Aleutian Islands. He is dressed in his military uniform. Behind them, a wide arch arcs over the front steps. The porch extends behind them at right. The front doors to the building's units stand side-by-side at the back of the porch. Their number plates, from left to right, read, "832," and "830." A cut-out window flanks the left side of the large archway. In the background, a portion of the building is visible at left, recessed back from the porch.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mark Schwandt, H. H. West, Jr., Flintrop, Tempie and Bender relaxing in a field of tall grasses while stationed in the Aleutian Islands. H. H. West, Jr. squats down at center and is viewed close-up; he is nearest to camera. He faces left and gazes past the camera as he reaches back to the left and hands a soda to Mark Schwandt. Mark Schwandt is leftmost and sits on the ground, facing right. He smokes a cigarette and gazes towards the left. Behind and to the right of H. H., Jr., Flintrop, Tempie and Bender sit and stand in the near distance. Flintrop stands leftmost of the trio. Either Tempie or Bender sit or stand at far right. All three face towards the right. The field they're gathered in stretches into the distance. Mountains rise in the background.
Close-up photograph of PFC Henry H. West, Jr. posing on an Alaskan shoreline while stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Henry H. West, Jr. stands at center, facing slightly left, and gazes past the camera. In one hand he holds a soda bottle and in the other he holds what looks like either a piece of bread or an apple. A sandy shore stretches horizontally behind him. Beyond the shore, a body of water stretches into the distance.
Close-up photograph of PFC Henry H. West, Jr. posing with halibut on an Alaskan shoreline while stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Henry H. West, Jr. stands at center and looks to the camera. At left, he holds up a halibut and in the other hand he simultaneously holds a soda bottle and a fishing rod. A sandy shore stretches horizontally behind him. Beyond the shore, a body of water stretches into the distance. Mountains rise in the far distance at right.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and H. H. West, Jr. walking down an outcrop of boulders along the beach; they are viewed from above. Mertie and H. H. West walk across some rocks in the near distance at center. Both have their backs to the camera and stand below the camera. An outcrop of rocks stands behind Mertie's back and extends on an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the upper left corner. Beyond the rocks at left, the beach extends vertically along the left edge. The coastline runs along the line of the boulders and the beach. H. H., Jr. stands closer to the water. The rock he stands on juts out into the water to the right. Beachgoers sit atop the boulders at left and others play in the water at upper right.
H. H. West Jr. leans on a wooden post in a backyard. He wears a track suit with a "C" on the chest. There is a rope stretching across the wood structure. A house is in the background, along with a fence and bushes.