Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand in front of Mertie West and H. H. West Jr. at a campsite. There is a car parked at the left and a tent at the right. Clothes hang on a clothesline beside the tent. There are mountains in the background.
Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, and Forrest Whitaker pose as Romayne Shaw puts water in his car and H. H. West Jr. climbs on the car. All five people wear hats and the three who are posing have their hands on their hips. There are three cars lined up. There is luggage attached to the cars. There appears to be another child in Romayne Shaw's car. There are trees and mountains in the background.
Photograph of six boys and a man posing for an informal group photograph at Sycamore Park after taking tests for the Boy Scouts. Three boys stand on the left, a man stands center with newspapers and books under his arms, and three boys stand on the right, including H. H. West, Jr. on the far right. They stand on a sidewalk and are surrounded by trees. On the sidewalk near their feet, the shadow of a man wearing a hat is visible towards the center of the photograph.
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.
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. sitting down in front of a low wall and eating a pie that had been given to them. Both boys sit facing towards the camera with the wall at their backs. Ambrose Cline looks to the camera while a pie plate sits balanced atop his knees. To the right of him, H. H. West, Jr. turns his head towards the left as he takes a bite of pie. He sits with his legs stretched out towards the camera; his pie plate rests on his lap. The low, stone wall enters the frame at right and extends just to the left of Ambrose. A stone column rises from the wall at right. On one of the stones, "YOUR" is written. Beyond the wall, 5 cabins stand in a row with the backs of the cabins facing towards the camera. In the far distance, brush-covered mountains rise.
Photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. wading in a lagoon at Topanga. The 2 boys stand left-of-center in thigh-high water. Ambrose Cline hangs his arms down to his sides and looks to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. faces slightly left while resting his hands on his hips and gazing slightly towards the left. To the right of them, a couple of parties try to stand on rafts. In the water behind the boys, another duo stands aboard a raft. The lagoon stretches into the distance. What appears to be a drilling rig stands on the shoreline in the distance at right. At the opposite end of the lagoon, cars are parked up along a roadside the stretches across the base of a mountainside 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 Ambrose Cline, H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo posing while standing in front of some tall brush in San Francisquito Canyon in Santa Clarita. The trio stands left-of-center and all look to the camera. Ambrose Cline stands leftmost and is dressed in cowboy attire. H. H. West, Jr. stands to the right of him. Keyo stands behind H. H., Jr. He rests a hand to the shoulders of Ambrose and H. H., Jr. Tall brush stands directly behind them. A hillside rises in the background at right.
Photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline, H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo standing near a stream flowing through San Francisquito Canyon in Santa Clarita. The trio stands at center. Ambrose Cline is dressed in cowboy attire and stands balanced astride 2 small rocks jutting out of the stream flowing beneath him. He either closes his eyes or casts his gaze downward. H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo stand to the right of Ambrose. They both look to the camera and stand on small rocks on the bank of the stream. Keyo rests a hand to H. H., Jr.'s arm. The width of the stream stretches across the bottom edge of the image. It narrows as it stretches into the distance at left. A rocky bank at right extends up from the stream. Tall grasses on this bank stand behind the boys. In the distance and on the opposite bank of the stream, a hillside rises.
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.
Close-up photograph, from left to right, of Ann Roth, H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West posing while standing next to a car parked along North Ridgewood Place. The trio stands in a row, left-of-center. All three look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. wraps an arm each around Ann Roth's shoulder and Mertie West's shoulder. He is dressed in his military uniform. His suitcase sits on the grass in front of him. Writing on the suitcase reads, "H.H.WEST JR 19028528 US.QMC." A car is parked along the curb directly behind them. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces right. It is parked along North Ridgewood Place, which extends on an upward angle through the image from left to right behind the group. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.
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.
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Ann West, Hebard West and Wayne West standing on the front lawn of Wayne West's home in Santa Ana. The front lawn of Wayne West's home stretches back through the foreground. The Wests stand in the near distance at center. Ann West stands nearest to camera, facing left. She appears to be stretching. Hebard West stands at center, facing camera. He also appears to be stretching as he rests his arm over his eyes. At right, Wayne West stands with his hands behind his back and looks down to the right. Behind them, neighboring houses (partial view) stand in a line that extends back towards center from the left edge. Trees line South Birch Street as it extends back along the right edge.
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Anna West, Mertie West and H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of their room at Topper's Motel in Ventura. A driveway stretches along the bottom edge on an upward angle from left to right. Attached motel rooms line the far side of the driveway, extending out-of-frame at left and right. In the near distance at center, Anna West, Mertie West and H. H. West, Jr. stand in front of their room at the motel. Mertie and H. H., Jr. stand on the driveway, in front of the room's steps. Anna stands behind Mertie and on the front steps to room 27. Room 26 is to the right of H. H., Jr. An unidentified little girl stands at far right and looks towards the West party.
Photograph of Boy Scouts of America Troop 76 posing for a group photograph at the Big Pines Boy Scout Camp before readying to leave for home. The group is split into two rows; the front row kneels and the back row stands. Nine people kneel in the front row, including: H. H. West (leftmost, front row), H. H. West, Jr. (4th from the left, front row) and Dudley Nichols (6th from the left, front row). Eighteen boys stand in the back row, including: Ed Saxton (leftmost, back row) and Frank Willis (6th from left, back row). The group poses for the photograph in a wintry landscape. Trees occupy the background behind them on the right and it appears that Jackson Lake may be behind them on the left.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Charles Glenn, H. H. West, Jr., Harold Brown, David Sparks and Herman Schultz posing in front of the barracks at Camp Murray. A gravel and dirt drive stretches through the image on an upward angle from the lower left corner and up to the right. The men stand in a row at center and all look to camera, except for Harold Brown at center who looks down at a small book he holds open in his hands. Standing second-from-left, H. H. West, Jr. wraps an arm over the shoulder of Charles Glenn, who is leftmost. Both men smoke pipes while standing in front of the doorway of the barracks. Behind the group stands a canvas and wood slat constructed barracks. Pipes lie on the ground behind David Sparks and Harold Brown. A second, identical barracks stands in the background at right, behind Herman Schultz.
Photograph of Corporal H. H. West, Jr. standing in front of the Quonset hut while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The image appears to be tilted slightly. In the foreground, snow covers the ground in front of the hut. H. H. West, Jr. stands at center and faces slightly left. He rests his hands in his pockets as he gazes off towards the left. The front of the hut stands directly behind him. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arched roof. Power lines extend from the building and out-of-frame along the top edge.
A poorly developed photograph of Corporal H. H. West, Jr. standing in front of the Quonset hut while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The image appears to be tilted slightly. In the foreground, snow covers the ground in front of the hut. H. H. West, Jr. stands at center and faces slightly left. He rests his hands in his pockets as he gazes off towards the left. The front of the hut stands directly behind him. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arched roof. Power lines extend from the building and out-of-frame along the top edge.