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Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker pose on the driveway leading up to the Siemsen's cabin near Gray's Camp, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:
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.
Date:
May, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker pose on the driveway leading up to the Siemsen's cabin near Gray's Camp, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker launching their boat from the wharf, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker sitting in their boat as they launch from the wharf and into Big Bear Lake. The hull of another boat sits in partial view along the bottom edge in the foreground. Behind it, in the near distance at left, the boat occupied by Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker enters frame from the left. It appears to sit on a ramp as it angles into the water from the left. Mertie West stands towards the front of the boat at left. She is in profile, facing right. Ahead of her, Agnes Whitaker sits at center. She casts her gaze downwards as she shifts supplies around the boat. At the boat's stern, Forrest Whitaker sits. He faces slightly right and tinkers with the boat's motor. Beyond them, Big Bear Lake stretches across the image and into the distance. Silhouetted mountains rise from the opposite shore. Opaque, wide, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:
May, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker launching their boat from the wharf, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 3 women sit in a line that arcs back to the right. Mertie West sits leftmost and nearest to camera. She is in profile, facing right. Behind and to the right of her, Josie Shaw also sits in profile, facing right. Hannah Lockwood sits rightmost, facing camera, but looks towards the right. Someone else's legs peek into frame from the right edge. Behind the group, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right. Along the right edge, a large cylindrical object stands in front of the house.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Mertie West, Eva Newquist, Rudy Newquist, Anna Newquist, Maurine Bacon, Tommie Newquist and "Punkie" Bacon pose while supping in the Bacons' backyard, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
According to: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, for the year 1948, accessed through the Ancestry.com database, the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons were neighbors of H. H. and Mertie West on North Ridgewood Place. The Wests lived at 830 North Ridgewood Place and the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons lived at 836, 832 1/2 and 832 North Ridgewood Place, respectively.
Date:
July, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Eva Newquist, Rudy Newquist, Anna Newquist, Maurine Bacon, Tommie Newquist and "Punkie" Bacon pose while supping in the Bacons' backyard, Los Angeles, 1948

Members of the West, Shaw and McDonald families pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, J. W. McDonald, Everett Shaw, Chloe McDonald, Ann West, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw posing around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard. The lawn spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back towards center. A long table sits on the lawn in the near distance at center. A short-end of the table is nearest to camera. The group stands in a semi-circle around the table. They surround the long sides and the distant short-end of the table. The men stand along the left side of the table in a line that stretches back from left to center. Of the men, Hebard West stands leftmost and nearest to camera and here Everett Shaw stands at the far end of the table at left. All face slightly right and look to the camera. Along the right side of the table, the women stand. Alice Shaw stands rightmost and nearest to camera of the women. The women stand in a line that stretches back on an angle towards center. At the end of the line and behind the short-end of the table, Chloe McDonald stands. All the women face slightly left and look to the camera. In the background, tree tops are visible rising from neighboring yards. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Members of the West, Shaw and McDonald families pose around a picnic table in the McDonalds' backyard, Burbank, 1948

Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose by their boat while stopping for gas en route to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from, left to right, of Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker posing beside their boat while stopped at a gas station en route to Big Bear Lake. The trio stands in the near distance at right. They stand in a row and all look to camera. To the left of them and sitting at center is a fishing boat. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side. Canvas covers supplies and gear in the boat's hull. The boat sits atop a flatbed trailer that is hitched to a car. The car sits behind the Whitakers and Mertie. It is viewed from the rear. The gas station stands behind the boat and extends out-of-frame to the left. A row of 3 gas pumps stand behind the boat and to the left of the car. Posts between them support the gas station's canopy. Atop the canopy a large sign reads, "[RICHFIELD]." The station's store stands at far left and an attendant stands outside the store. Silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance. A band of white lines the left edge.
Date:
May, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose by their boat while stopping for gas en route to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino, 1948

Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West and others traveling on a ferry while en route to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the deck in the foreground. A man stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. To the immediate right of him, a little girl stands. She turns her head back towards the camera. Behind the girl, a woman stands in partial view. She faces left and is obscured by the man at far left. Along the right edge, a woman stands in profile, facing left. Between a gap in the standing passengers, other passengers sit on a bench that extends back through center and towards the side of the ship. About four women sit in a row on this bench, including Mertie West. Mertie West sits second from the back. All the women face left. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing near a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. At center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind the bench and to the left, Mertie West stands and looks to the camera. At right, a woman with a clipboard stands beneath a tree. A grove of trees stands across the background and more picnic attendees mill about in the distance.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West stands behind a bench in Lincoln Park during the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing behind a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance, left-of-center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind them, Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands behind a bench in Lincoln Park during the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in the Wests' front yard, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing in the Wests' front yard on North Ridgewood Place. Mertie West stands nearest to camera at left. She looks to the camera while holding a camera in its bag. Behind and to the right of her, Josie Shaw stands in partial view. She looks down as she reaches her hand towards Will Shaw. Will Shaw stands rightmost and looks to the camera. The Wests' front yard stretches behind them. At right, the West residence stands in partial view along the right edge. A porch juts forward from the front of the building and is framed by an archway. In the background, neighboring houses stand in row that extends back towards the left.
Date:
October, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand in the Wests' front yard, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West strolls down the Ventura Wharf, Ventura, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West taking a stroll down the Ventura Wharf. The Ventura Wharf spans the width of the bottom edge. It stretches back on a slight angle from right towards center. Along the left side of the pier, fishermen stand in a line along the rail with their gear. The two fishermen nearest to camera appear to converse with one another. One man stands alongside the left edge with his back to camera and farther down the dock the second man faces towards camera. To the right of them, a few people stroll along the pier in the near distance. Mertie West is one of these persons. She stands second from the right and walks down the pier, away from camera. In the background at center, people can be seen at the end of the pier.
Date:
September, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West strolls down the Ventura Wharf, Ventura, 1948

Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose as they leave the dock, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker stopping to pose on the dock before heading back to their cabin at Big Bear Lake. The dock enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches straight back through center, reaching land in the mid-ground. Boats are moored alongside the dock at left and right. In the near distance at center, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker stand on the dock. Both are bundled up and carry seat cushions. Mertie faces camera while Agnes faces right, but turns her head towards camera. Directly behind them, metal barrels stand on the shore. A little further back at right, a few cars are parked in a lot. An open field sits in the distance at left. Pines line the background. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.
Date:
May, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker pose as they leave the dock, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand on the wharf upon arrival in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus and poorly-exposed photograph, from left to right, of: Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode (Sarah) Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing on the wharf upon their arrival in Avalon. The group stands in a row across the foreground. All face camera, except for Everett Shaw, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby. Everett Shaw wears a white jacket and stands leftmost with his back to camera. Dode Witherby stands with her back to camera in the gap between Frieda Shaw and Mertie West. Behind and to the right of Mertie, Will Witherby stands; he is obscured by Mertie. A young woman and man walk towards camera to the right of the group. A mast stretches across the image from the left, passing above the West's traveling party. At the back edge of the wharf in the background, a ship is moored. It is viewed close-up from the side, extending beyond the side edges of the frame.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand on the wharf upon arrival in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood and Will Witherby walk up a gangplank to board their ship, Avalon, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from right to left, of Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood, Will Witherby and others walking up a gangplank to board a ship in Avalon. The pier stretches across the bottom edge on an angle back towards the right. Above the right corner, the gangplank enters frame and inclines to the left, hovering over the pier. Across the side of the gangplank, it reads, "SANTA CATALINA." At far right, a man and a small girl walk up the gangplank. Ahead of them and to the left, Mertie West and Hannah Lockwood walk up the gangplank and look to camera. Farther up the ramp, Will Witherby stands and looks back towards the camera. Several passengers stand at the top of the gangplank, waiting to board the ship at left. The ship is viewed close-up and at an angle from the side. It stretches along the length of the pier to the right and into the distance.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood and Will Witherby walk up a gangplank to board their ship, Avalon, 1948

Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West, Frieda Shaw, Everett Shaw and others traveling on a ferry during a trip to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the upper deck in the foreground. A boy stands at center and faces towards the camera. Behind him, other passengers sit on benches that stand in a line across the deck, facing left. Mertie West sits on the bench directly behind the boy at center. She looks to camera as she leans forward towards the left. Frieda Shaw sits on the near end of the bench behind and to the right of Mertie's bench. She faces left and looks to camera. Beside her, Everett Shaw stands and looks to the camera. Other passengers sit on the benches or stand on the deck. The ocean stretches across the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie and H. H. West pose with a "Montgomery" sign while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and H. H. West posing with a "Montgomery" sign in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, Mertie West and H. H. West look to camera as they pose with a sign. H. H. West holds the sign, which reads, "MONTGOMERY." To the right of them, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. The person sitting on the near end of the bench looks to the camera. A tree stands behind and to the right of the bench. Three men gather around a clipboard hanging from the tree. Picnic attendees mill about Lincoln Park in the background. A grove of trees stands in the distance.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie and H. H. West pose with a "Montgomery" sign while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby pose outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah) Witherby and Will Witherby posing outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence on North Stanley Avenue. The group stands on a curving walkway at center. All look to camera. A suitcase sits on the walkway in front of them. Behind and to the right of Will Witherby, a lawn stretches past the front of the house and out-of-frame. The front of the Witherbys' house stretches across the background on an angle. The front door stands behind Mertie and Zetta. A number plate to the left of the door reads, "501." The house extends back to the right. Hedges and shrubbery line the space below a window at right. Wide, opaque, white bands originate in the lower left and lower right corners and extend upward along their respective edges.
Date:
August, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby pose outside Zetta and Dode Witherby's residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Will Witherby, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West pose at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Will Witherby, Dode (Sarah) Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West posing outside a building at Los Angeles Airport. The group stands at center. Will Witherby stands leftmost and looks directly to camera. All the women stand facing slightly left. Dode and Zetta Witherby look to camera while Mertie West gazes off to the left. An unknown man stands in the near distance behind and between Zetta and Mertie. The airport's grounds stretch behind the group. A building enters frame at right and stretches back towards the left. Signage on the front of the building reads, "TRANS WO[...]." Opaque white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:
August, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Will Witherby, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West pose at Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
View of Mertie West, with her sister-in-law, Agnes, and brother, Forrest Whitaker, beside a Ford automobile attached to a Main Line Silver Lark trailer on the curb outside of the Whitaker house on the day that they left on a trip to Mexico (with Mertie's husband, H. H. West, who probably took the photograph).
Date:
December 9, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, with Agnes and Forrest Whitaker outside the Whitaker's home beside a Main Line Silver Lark trailer, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 4 women sit in a group in the near distance, off-center to the left. They all sit in folding chairs that form a semi-circle that is open towards camera. Mertie West sits leftmost. She sits facing right, but looks to camera. To the right of her, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit facing camera. Josie looks to camera while Hannah looks towards Mertie. Rightmost, Alice Shaw sits in profile facing left. All 4 women sit with crossed arms and legs. Behind them, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right and mountains are visible rising in the far distance.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sit around the McDonalds' backyard during a picnic, Burbank, 1948

Mrs. Bacon, Mr. Robinson, Mrs. H. H. West with Tommie Newquist and Mrs. Robinson stand in front of the Newquists' residence, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
According to: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, for the year 1948, accessed through the Ancestry.com database, the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons were neighbors of H. H. and Mertie West on North Ridgewood Place. The Wests lived at 830 North Ridgewood Place and the Bacons, Newquists and Robinsons lived at 836, 832 1/2 and 832 North Ridgewood Place, respectively.
Date:
July, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mrs. Bacon, Mr. Robinson, Mrs. H. H. West with Tommie Newquist and Mrs. Robinson stand in front of the Newquists' residence, Los Angeles, 1948