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H. H. West and Helen Goforth stand in front of West's office on Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
H. H. West and Helen Goforth stand in front of West's office at 340 Towne Avenue. There is a sign in the office window that reads, "H. H. West Co. Manufacturers Agent." The interior of the office is visible, including a fan in the window and what may be bricks piled on a table.
Date:
July 6, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Clapp, Ralph Bissel, 1876-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Helen Goforth stand in front of West's office on Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed at an angle from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of 314-318 Omar Avenue, home of the new offices of the H. H. West Co., as viewed from across the street. Omar Avenue passes on an upward angle from right to left through the foreground. A 2-story brick building stands on the far side of the street at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces left. The building appears to be divided into 5 sections as there are 5 entrances with store fronts on the ground floor. On either side of the central entrance, identical signs sit in the windows. They read, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL AND BRASS PRODUCTS." A larger sign stretches beneath the second floor windows of the unit second-from-left; it reads, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL & BRASS PRODUCTS." An adjacent building stands to the right of the office building for the H. H. West Company and extends out-of-frame. What looks to be a house stands to the left of 314-318 Omar Avenue. Beyond the house, the side of a nearby building is visible. Signage along the side of the building reads, "U.S. FLEXIBLE METALLIC TUBING CO.," and "HERSEY MFG. CO." Two cars at left are parked along the curb in front of the house.
Date:
August 5, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed at an angle from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Office of H. H. West Co., viewed from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of the office of the H. H. West Co. on Towne Avenue as viewed from across the street. The office is viewed at an angle from the front and stands in the distance at center. Towne Avenue passes across the foreground on a steep upward angle from right to left. Three cars are parked along the curb of the far side of the street, facing left. Beyond the cars, the office of the H. H. West Company occupies the left, ground floor unit of the taller building at right. Its front is constructed of glass windows. The door stands open at the center of the facade. Signage is visible, but not legible in the large windows that flank the door. Another store or office front occupies the ground floor unit to the right of it in the same building. Above them, the building stands at least 3-stories tall and extends out-of-frame along the top edge. A shorter building at left abuts H. H. West's office building. It stands 2-stories tall and extends beyond the left frame. Signage for the business to the left of the office of the H. H. West Co. reads, "JENSEN INSTRUMENT CO."
Date:
July, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Office of H. H. West Co., viewed from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Office of H. H. West Co., viewed from the northwest, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of the office of the H. H. West Co. on Towne Avenue as viewed from the northwest. The office is viewed at an angle from the front and stands in the near distance. Cars in partial view are parked along the curb of Towne Avenue in the foreground. Beyond the cars, a wide sidewalk runs horizontally and parallel to Towne Avenue. It stretches back to the office front at center. The office of the H. H. West Company is situated on the ground floor of a brick building. Its front is constructed of glass windows. The door stands ajar at the center of the facade. Its address is printed on the door and a plate hangs over the door frame. Both read, "340." Signage in the leftmost window reads, "AUTOMATIC ELEC. MFG. CO. QUICKSILVER PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION R.B.CLAPP REPRESENTATIVE MU 5585." In the rightmost window, signage reads, "H. H. WEST CO. MANUFACTURERS[?] ASSN." Above the office, a window is visible on the left side of the building and a fire escape juts from the front of the right side of the building.
Date:
July, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Office of H. H. West Co., viewed from the northwest, Los Angeles, 1945

New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of 314 Omar Avenue, home of the new offices of the H. H. West Co. as viewed from across the street. Omar Avenue passes horizontally across the foreground. A 2-story brick building stands on the far side of the street in partial view; it extends beyond the left and right edges of the image. The unit for 314 Omar Avenue stands at center and is viewed straight-on. A large sign sits in the window to the right of the door on the ground floor. It reads, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL AND BRASS PRODUCTS." A larger sign stretches beneath the second floor windows; it reads, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL & BRASS PRODUCTS." A car (partial view) is parked along the curb in front of the building at left.
Date:
August 5, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed from across the street, Los Angeles, 1945

Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk along Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed straight-on from the front. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST C[…]." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. The address number "316" is etched into the glass lintel above the door. A sign sits above that and reads, "GUILD [...]."
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk along Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1948

New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed at a distance, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of 314-318 Omar Avenue, home of the new offices of the H. H. West Co., as viewed from a distance. Omar Avenue passes on a slight downward angle from left to right through the foreground. Two houses stand on the far side of the street at left. To the right of the houses, a 2-story brick building stands on the far side of the street. These are the new offices of the H. H. West Co. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing right. The building appears to be divided into 5 sections as there are 5 entrances with fronts on the ground floor. An abutting single-story building stands to the right of the office building for the H. H. West Company. Cars park along the curb on the far side of the street in front of the houses and the new office building for the H. H. West Company; the cars face left. Another car parked nearer to the camera sits in partial view in the lower right corner.
Date:
August 5, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed at a distance, Los Angeles, 1945

New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of 314-318 Omar Avenue, home of the new offices of the H. H. West Co. as viewed close-up from across the street. Omar Avenue passes horizontally across the foreground. A 2-story brick building stands on the far side of the street in partial view; it extends beyond the left, top and right edges of the image. The unit for 316 Omar Avenue stands at center and is viewed straight-on. 314 & 318 sit to the left and right of it, respectively. Large, identical signs each sit in the large window for both 314 and 318. They read, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL AND BRASS PRODUCTS." A larger sign stretches beneath the second floor windows of 314; it reads, "KRAMER & KRAMER STEEL & BRASS PRODUCTS." A car (partial view) is parked along the curb in front of the building at right.
Date:
August 5, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
New office location of H. H. West Co. on Omar Avenue, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, 1945

Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (glass positive), Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
Photographic portrait of Frank E. Prior sitting at the desk in his office at the Arcade depot. Frank E. Prior sits in a wooden desk chair in the foreground at center. He sits in profile, facing left, and leans back in his chair slightly. His hands are clasped in front of him as he looks to the left. His desk stands behind him. Family pictures and an inkwell sit on the left side of the desk. Directly behind him, a calendar is attached to the cabinet and a lamp hangs down. A narrow gash arcs through the image on an upward angle from the mid-left edge and towards the right side of the upper edge.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (glass positive), Los Angeles, about 1900

Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (negative), Los Angeles, about 1900

Description:
Photographic portrait of Frank E. Prior sitting at the desk in his office at the Arcade depot. Frank E. Prior sits in a wooden desk chair in the foreground at center. He sits in profile, facing left, and leans back in his chair slightly. His hands are clasped in front of him as he looks to the left. His desk stands behind him. Family pictures and an inkwell sit on the left side of the desk. Directly behind him, a calendar is attached to the cabinet and a lamp hangs down. A narrow gash arcs through the image on an upward angle from the mid-left edge and towards the right side of the upper edge.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frank E. Prior sitting at his desk at the Arcade depot (negative), Los Angeles, about 1900

H. H. West's office on Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
H. H. West's office at 340 Towne Avenue. The sign in the window reads, "H. H. West Co. Manufacturers Agent." Another sign in the window reads, in part, "1 truck or 1 thousand. Black diamond all rubber cushions." Fans, a shelf, metal baskets are visible through the window. The building is brick and below the window, there are tiles.
Date:
June 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's office on Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

Thomas McCaffery in his office at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, 1906

Description:
Thomas McCaffery in his office at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot. McCaffery sits in a desk chair looking at a piece of paper. A calendar hangs above the desk opened to April 1906. A hat is on the desk along with a small portrait of a man. There is a Southern Pacific Railroad map on the wall and what may be a spittoon at McCaffery's feet.
Date:
April 1906
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Thomas McCaffery in his office at the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, 1906

Ralph B. Clapp poses outside his office, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Photograph of Ralph B. Clapp standing on the sidewalk in front of his office on Towne Avenue. Ralph B. Clapp stands in the foreground along the left edge of the image. He looks to the camera as he rests his hands in his trouser pockets. The sidewalk passes behind him on an upward angle from right to left. Beyond the sidewalk, the facade of his office stands. A shop window stands at center. Signage applied to the window reads, "AUTOMATIC ELEC MFG CO. QUICKSILVER PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION R. B. CLAPP REPRESENTATIVE MU 5585." To the right of the window, an open doorway leading into the office stands. Along the top of the door frame, a doorplate hangs, it reads, "340." Inside the office, a paneled counter stretches horizontally through the store. A sign on the left side of the counter reads, "QUICKSILVER FOR SALE." Signage from a business across the street is reflected in the window, it reads, "BALDWIN'S MACHINE SHOP." The brick structure of the building stands behind Ralph along the left edge.
Date:
June, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ralph B. Clapp poses outside his office, Los Angeles, 1939

Ralph B. Clapp stands outside his office, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Photograph of Ralph B. Clapp standing on the sidewalk in front of his office on Towne Avenue. Ralph B. Clapp stands in the foreground at center. He faces right as he rests his hands in his trouser pockets. The sidewalk passes behind him on an upward angle from right to left. Beyond the sidewalk, the facade of his office stands. A shop window stands at center. Signage applied to the window reads, " [...] ELEC MFG CO. [QU]ICKSILVER [...] ASSOCIATION R. B. CLAPP REPRESENTATIVE [...]." To the right of the window, an open doorway leading into the office stands in partial view. Along the top of the door frame, a doorplate hangs, it reads, "34[0]." Inside the office, a paneled counter stretches horizontally through the store. The brick structure of the building stands behind Ralph along the left edge.
Date:
June, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ralph B. Clapp stands outside his office, Los Angeles, 1939

Woodlin electric refrigerator, viewed from the front with its door open, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed straight-on with its door open to the right. A few items sit on the middle shelf and "Woodlin" is written across the top shelf. Beneath the unit, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "[...] WEST C[...]." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. The address number "316" is etched into the glass lintel above the door. Another window lines the left edge. Opaque, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners.
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator, viewed from the front with its door open, Los Angeles, 1948

Woodlin electric refrigerator, covered in packaging, stands on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed at an angle and is covered in paper packaging. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom third of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. Signs sitting in the window read, "[...] WEST CO.," and "TRAIL[...] OP [...]." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. The address number "316" is etched into the glass lintel above the door. A sign sits above that and reads, "GUILD [...]." An opaque patch of white occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator, covered in packaging, stands on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk with its door open, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground, off-center to the left. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly right. Its door stands open to the right; a few items sit on the middle shelf. Across the front of the top shelf, it reads, "Woodlin." Beneath the unit, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom edge. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A portion of a sign that sits in the window reads, "[...] CO." An open doorway leading into the building stands along the left edge. Beyond the doorway, a staircase inside the building is barely visible in the shadows. An opaque patch of white occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk with its door open, Los Angeles, 1948

Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed straight-on from the front. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom quarter of the image. It stretches back on an upward angle from right to left. In the background, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building stands across the image. A large window sits behind and to the right of the refrigerator. A sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST." Doors to the building stand open behind and to the left of the refrigerator. An opaque patch of white occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refrigerator stands on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

James A. Day sits at his desk in the Southern Pacific Railroad depot at Fifth and Central Avenues, Los Angeles, about 1939

Description:
Photograph of James A. Day looking over paperwork while sitting in his office at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot on the corner of Fifth and Central Avenues. He is viewed from a slight bird's-eye view. His desk enters frame from the lower left corner and extends towards the center of the image. Paperwork lies strewn across the desk. James A. Day sits behind his desk at center and looks down at some papers he holds in his hands. The corner of his office stands behind him to the right. Along the right back wall and next to the corner, a filing cabinet stands. A clipboard hangs to the right of it from the chair rail. To the right of James, a typewriter sits atop a small, low table. The left wall appears to be windowed, but the windows are opaque. Next to James at left and along the left edge, 3 telephones stand on a small table. Behind them, a calendar is flipped to "10 FEB." A board hangs to the left of it and the wall extends towards the center, abutting the right wall.
Date:
[circa 1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
James A. Day sits at his desk in the Southern Pacific Railroad depot at Fifth and Central Avenues, Los Angeles, about 1939

Two butane tanks sit outside the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Photograph of 2 butane tanks sitting atop a flatbed dolly on the sidewalk outside the H. H. West Company's offices on Omar Avenue. The tanks sit on a dolly, right-of-center, and are viewed at an angle. The dolly and tanks are on a sidewalk that stretches through the image on a vertical angle to the left. Behind the tanks, the office building for the H. H. West Company stretches along the right side of the sidewalk. A set of doors stands wide open, at right. A chain hanging from the dolly lies on the sidewalk and extends towards the doorway. Behind the tanks, a sign in a window reads, "AMERICAN WHOLESALE HARDWARE CO. LONG BEACH."
Date:
October, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Two butane tanks sit outside the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue, Los Angeles, 1946

Woodlin electric refridgerator, viewed at an angle on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the right side. Paper packaging lines the right side of the unit. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom edge and straight back towards the left. At right, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building enters frame and stretches behind the refrigerator. A large window sits along right edge. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST […]." A open doorway to the building stands behind the refrigerator. A sign sitting above the doorway's lintel reads, "GUILD S[...]." Further along down the sidewalk, a neighboring building stands in partial view to the left of the refrigerator. Signage painted on the side of the building reads, "U.S[...] ME[...] TU[...]," and "HER[...]." At far left, cars park bumper-to-bumper along Omar Avenue's curb. At the end of Omar Avenue, a building enters frame from the left and extends towards center. It faces towards the camera. Beyond it, a water tower, left-of-center, rises from atop a building. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower right corner.
Date:
May 19, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Woodlin electric refridgerator, viewed at an angle on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

R. B. Clapp [and] H. H. West Co. shipping department, viewed from the front, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the R. B. Clapp and H. H. West Company's receiving and shipping department, as viewed from the front. Omar Avenue stretches horizontally through the foreground. A right, the nose of a car juts into frame. Ahead of the car at center, piles of boxes sit in a row along the curb. Behind and to the left of the boxes, 2 men stand on the sidewalk. The man at center stands in profile, facing left. The man at left stands with his back to the camera. Behind them, on the sidewalk, a shelving unit stands. The office building stretches across the background. A sign over the central unit reads, "R. B. CLAPP | H. H. WEST CO. RECEIVING & SHIPPING DEPT." Etching in the front door of the central unit reads, "OFFICE [left pointing arrow] 314." Two adjoining units flank the central unit and stretch out-of-frame along the top and side edges. An address plate affixed to the lintel over the top of the leftmost unit reads, "316." Streaks of white extend down from the top and left edges.
Date:
November, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
R. B. Clapp [and] H. H. West Co. shipping department, viewed from the front, 1946

William Edward Evans, a sheep herder, accused of extortion, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph may be associated with the articles, “EXTORTION CASE FILED: Sheep Herder Accused of Seeking $15,000 From Two Physicians,” Los Angeles Times, 21 Jul. 1935: 5, and, “Police Seize Suspect in $15,000 Extortion: Range Rider Arrested When Detective for Prominent Doctors Assertedly Hands Over Package of Bills,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul. 1935: 1.
Date:
July 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
William Edward Evans, a sheep herder, accused of extortion, Los Angeles, 1935

Van Nuys Lieutenant C. C. Johnson, poet laureate of the Los Angeles Police Department, sits at his desk, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
The cluttered desk of Lieutenant C. C. Johnson stretches across the bottom edge. Behind it and off-center to the left, Lieutenant C. C. Johnson sits, facing slightly towards the right, as he holds a telephone. To the right of him, a typewriter sits atop an extension of the desk. A large widow is inset along the back wall behind Lieutenant Johnson.
Date:
January 10, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Van Nuys Lieutenant C. C. Johnson, poet laureate of the Los Angeles Police Department, sits at his desk, Los Angeles, 1936