Close-up photograph, from left to right, of Gilbert Cecil West and William Roscoe Wright standing on the front walk of H. H. West's home on South Griffin Avenue. Both stand at center with their hands behind their backs and looking to the camera while wearing their military uniforms. The West's lawn stretches behind them. Neighboring houses stand along the left frame and face right, receding into the distance. Behind the 2 men and a few houses back, a large palm tree stands, left-of-center. A sidewalk and South Griffin Avenue pass through the background at right.
Text from negative sleeve: 9. Los Angeles Arcade depot. May 8, 1901. Looking out of the second story window of the Arcade depot on the crowd forming for the parade up town. The tall palm tree that stood in front of the depot is right in evidence. 2 negatives. [Handwritten note:] Looks more like reception to prest. Roosevelt a few years later - Rough Riders out front?
Crowd gathers for a parade outside of the Southern Pacific Railroad Arcade Depot. At the center there are many horses mounted by men. American flags hang at the left and background of the photograph.
Photograph of the former residence of the Ambrose and Keyes families standing on the west side of Avenue 24 (formerly North Hellman Street). The camera looks west across Avenue 24, which passes across the foreground. The house stands in the near distance at center and is viewed at a slight angle. A large shrubby tree stands to the left of the house. The house itself has a front porch that spans the entire front of the house. On the right side of the front yard, a large palm tree stands. A neighboring house (partial view) is visible in the distance to the right of the palm tree.
Photograph of the former residence of the Ambrose and Keyes families standing on the west side of Avenue 24 (formerly North Hellman Street). The camera looks west across Avenue 24, which passes across the foreground. A car in motion is in partial view on the right frame. The house stands in the near distance at center and is viewed at a slight angle. A large shrubby tree stands to the left of the house. The house itself has a front porch that spans the entire front of the house. On the right side of the front yard, a large palm tree stands. A neighboring house (partial view) is visible in the distance to the right of the palm tree.
Photograph of the former residence of the Conner family standing along Eastlake Avenue (formerly South Hansen Street.) Eastlake Avenue stretches on an upward angle through the foreground from right to left. The former Conner family home stands on the far side of the street at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front. A large palm at right and other trees in front of the house mostly obscure it.
Photograph of two houses standing along Avenue 24 (formerly North Hellman Street) where the Cooper, Ambrose and Keyes families used to live. A sidewalk stretches on a steep angle past the lower left corner. The two houses sit back from the sidewalk, to the right. They are viewed at an angle from the north. The Ambrose and Keyes families' former house stands rightmost along the right edge. It is partially obscured by a large palm tree that stands in front of it. To the left of the Ambrose and Keyes house stands the former home of the Cooper family at center. Short, wide pines stand in the front yard of this house. Beyond the former Cooper property, the back of a building is visible in the distance at left.
Photograph of two houses standing along Avenue 24 (formerly North Hellman Street) where the Cooper, Ambrose and Keyes families used to live. Avenue 24 stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the road at center stands the Ambrose and Keyes families' former residence. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. A large palm tree stands in the front yard at center and partially obscures the house. To the left of the Ambrose/Keyes house stands another house. This was the former residence of the Cooper family. It is in partial view at left and it too is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. A short, wide pine stands on the front lawn at left, partially obscuring the house. To the right of the former Ambrose/Keyes house sits a vacant lot. Behind the Ambrose/Keyes house and along the left edge of the vacant lot, the backs of houses and buildings from the next street over are visible in the distance.
Patriarch Albert Cheap is a coach yard foreman for the Santa Fe Railroad. The two oldest children are 24-year-old Virginia Ruth and 26-year-old Angela Cecilia, who don't live with their siblings. Mr. Cheap is used to getting bargains in fruits and vegetables to keep up with his children's voracious appetites. It's not only food that Mr. and Mrs. Cheap hunt for bargains for, but everything imaginable, from underwear to shoes to soap to dolls and dishes. They go into detail over other parts of day-to-day living their large family participates in, such as trips to the dentist's office, birthdays, and picnics.