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Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West (center) taking a drink of water from a drinking fountain and Josie Shaw (right) standing nearby in Independence, en route to Rock Creek. Mertie West hunches over a drinking fountain and takes a drink of water. Her head is down and she faces towards the left. A large rock sitting atop a concrete base serves as the fountain. It stands at center and Mertie stands behind and to the right of it. Rectangles of white have been painted on the sides of the rock. Josie Shaw stands to the right with her hands to her hips as she looks off towards the right. Behind her and Mertie, a house stands at right. Further back at left, a rundown, warehouse-like structure stands. A tree stands in the foreground at left. The trunk is painted white and plumbing fixtures hang down the side of it.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Josie Shaw and Mertie West lounging in their campsite, Mono County, 1941

Description:
Photograph, from front to back, of Josie Shaw and Mertie West sitting and reading at their campsite near Rock Creek. Mertie West sits in the near distance inside one of the group's tents. The tent stands left-of-center with the front flap open. Mertie sits inside the tent at right. She sits facing left and looks down to the newspaper on her lap. In the foreground, Josie Shaw sits outside and in front of the tent, right-of-center. She sits atop a large rock, facing left. She too looks down to read a magazine. Josie sits among rocks that surround the tent in the foreground and along its side on the right. A folding chair sits outside the tent to the left and behind Josie Shaw. A pine stands along the left edge of the frame in the foreground. Trees line the background.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Josie Shaw and Mertie West lounging in their campsite, Mono County, 1941

Mertie West and H. H. West pose for a photograph while standing next to an inscribed tablet, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
An askew photograph of Mertie West and H. H. West standing next to the tablet at the base of a flagpole on the Nevada side of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam. The tablet stands slightly off-center towards the right. Mertie West stands to the left of the inscription with one hand behind her back. H. H. West stands to the right of the inscription with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a coat. The inscription reads, "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality."
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and H. H. West pose for a photograph while standing next to an inscribed tablet, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek. Mrs. West wears a floral dress. Mrs. Whitaker leans on a tree, and Mr. Whitaker sits on a bed. There is a tent at the left. There are pots and pans in the foreground and trees in the background.
Date:
August 29 to September 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Mertie West and Rex V. Wilson stand on the side of the road alongside the Snake River, Hagerman vicinity, 1942

Description:
Distant photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Rex V. Wilson standing on the side of the road near the Snake River in Thousand Springs, Idaho. They are stopped along the side of U.S. Route 30. The road stretches from the lower left corner and back into the image, before curving out-of-frame at left. In the distance, Mertie West and Rex V. Wilson stand on the shoulder to the right of the road and face towards camera. H. H. West's Buick is parked off the road to the left of Mertie; it is viewed from the back. In front and to the right of them, a road sign is posted. It reads, "IDAHO U.S. 30." Grasses and brush occupy the right side of the foreground. It follows the same arc of the road to the left as it stretches towards the horizon. Beyond the grasses, the Snake River flows in the distance. It enters frame at right and follows the arc of the road as it exits frame at left. Canyon walls line the opposite bank and water flows down the side of a wall in the far distance, right-of-center.
Date:
June 26, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Rex V. Wilson stand on the side of the road alongside the Snake River, Hagerman vicinity, 1942

Mertie West walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking away from the Shawcreek Lodge. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center. She faces towards the camera and looks to the left as she walks away from the lodge behind her. A person's arm enters the foreground along the left frame. Behind Mertie, a dirt pathway stretches through the middle of the image. It leads towards the front entrance of the lodge. Wood plank walkways lie on the ground in front of the entrance. Three men and a dog stand out front. The front entrance of the lodge stands at center. The enclosed entrance juts forward from the front of the building. Over the door, a sign reads, "SHAWCREEK BUS STOP." The building extends behind Mertie and across the image. It extends out-of-frame at left and right.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934

Description:
H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform. West has an arm over Mrs. West's shoulders. He wears tall socks, a sash, and kerchief. Mrs. West wears a hat and a skirt. There are houses and trees behind them.
Date:
[about 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West Jr. poses with his step-mother, Mertie West, while wearing his Boy Scouts uniform, Los Angeles, about 1934