Elizabeth West and Frances West pose on a tree in Chatsworth Park. Elizabeth stands with her arms over her head gripping a branch. Frances sits with her head resting on her hand. Both girls wear white outfits and dark tights. There is a mountain in the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Lattice Chapman Reid, Lena Brigham, Lizzie Ritchie Geddes and Alice Riley Tallman posing at the Pioneer Picnic held in Sycamore Grove Park. The women stand in a row, off-center towards the left. All look to camera except for Lizzie Ritchie Geddes; she looks to the left. Trees stand directly behind them, occupying the background.
Daisy Conner walks down steps in MacArthur (Westlake) Park along with two children and two women. She wears a large hat with feathers on top, as well as gloves. She is looking to her right. A boy wearing a hat and jacket walks down the steps and looks at the camera. A girl walks down the side of the steps. There are trees and plants in the background, as well as a man standing next to two parked bicycles.
Man steers a bicycle boat with passengers in the lake at Hollenbeck Park. A man, woman, and child sit in the boat and the seat is decorated with stars. There is a bridge with people walking across it at the right. Other women stand on the shore at the left. There are trees throughout.
H. H. West stands in front of a tree in MacArthur (Westlake) Park. He wears a hat and vest and smokes a cigar. He has a mustache and his thumbs are hooked into the waist of his pants. There are other trees in the background.
Mary West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children. Harriet Maria Teel Cline was Mary's sister and Wilfrid Cline was Harriet's husband.
Mary West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children. Harriet Maria Teel Cline was Mary's sister and Wilfrid Cline was Harriet's husband.
Wilfrid and Harriet Cline and Mary West walk through Elysian Park. Their backs are to the camera. There are two boys with bikes at the left. A dog is on the sidewalk in front of West's relatives. There are trees and a hill in the background. H. H. West's shadow is visible in the foreground.
Wilfrid and Harriet Cline stand by the reservoir in Elysian Park. Their backs are to the camera. Both wear hats. He holds a coat under his arm. She holds her skirt in her hands. There are palm trees at the right and hills in the background.
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in Lincoln Park. A man stands in the foreground along the right edge. He faces towards the right, but looks to the camera. Beyond him, Nellie Hiatt stands leftmost amongst a group of 4 women at center. Her back is to camera, but she faces right and converses with a woman to her right. Two women stand behind them. Farther back and to the left, another group of picnic attendees cluster together. Trees stand across the park grounds as it extends into the distance.
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt (left) and 2 other women posing in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic. The women stand in a row, off-center to the left, and all look to the camera. The park's treed grounds sprawl behind them and into the distance. Other picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Frances West and Elizabeth West sit on a large rock in Chatsworth Park. Both girls wear white outfits and dark tights. There are trees and mountains in the background.
H. H. West's extended family eats a picnic lunch in Victory Park, in the Arroyo Seco area. The picnic table is lined with pots, dishes, a can of coffee and a can of olives. There are trees and cars in the background, along with other picnic tables filled with people.
H. H. West, his wife, and daughters sit in a tree in Chatsworth Park (now called Chatsworth). Both girls wear white outfits and dark tights. Mrs. West hugs Elizabeth West to her. H. H. West wears a suit and holds a cigar. There are initials carved into the tree.
Daisy Conner and the Bendixon sisters pose together. The woman in the middle has her arms around the other two women's waists. There is a horse drawn carriage in the background, as well as a group of people standing by a tree.
Lake at Hollenbeck Park. There are flowers at the left and trees in the background. There is a house on the opposite shore. People walk on the paths and sit on the grass. There are utility poles throughout.
H. H. West stands with his hands on his hips in Hollenbeck Park. He wears a hat and vest. He has a moustache. In the background, there are plants and trees.
Photograph, from left to right, of Al Fallon and Rhetta Strayhorn Scott posing while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. Al Fallon stands at left. He faces slightly right and looks to the camera. To his right, Rhetta Strayhorn Scott faces slightly left and looks to the camera. Plants, trees and shrubbery stand in the background directly behind them.
Everett Shaw holds a baseball bat in Victory Park, in the Arroyo Seco area. A boy stands behind him holding a ball and there are other people at the right of the photograph. There are trees and picnic tables in the background.
Photograph of an unknown boy crouching down by the side of Lincoln Park Lake in Lincoln Park and feeding a swan. A boy crouches down alongside the bank of Lincoln Park Lake in the foreground at left. His back is to the camera as he faces the lake to the right. He holds his hands over the water where a swan (presumably) feeds. The lower right corner is obscured by a large white streak that stretches towards the left. Beyond the streak of white, 3 ducks swim in the lake. The lake spans across the mid-ground and extends into the distance at right. On a nearby bank at center, a mission-style building stands. To the right of it, row boats sit docked in the water. Beyond the lake, the park stretches into the background at right.
Though the negative sleeve dates this photograph as about 1910, West's daughters appear to be older than four and seven, as they would have been in 1910, so the date has been estimated to be circa 1915.
Bessie Velzy sits on a tree while her husband, Glen Velzy, leans on her in Chatsworth Park. Glen holds his hat in one hand and the other hand is at the back of his head. Bessie wears boots. There are other trees in the background and grass in the foreground.
H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth West, stands on a tree in Chatsworth Park. She wears a white outfit and dark tights. Words carved into the tree include, "W Blank" and "FB Lee's." There are other trees in the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Daisy Conner Thompson, Jessie Conner McIntyre and Viola S. Conner posing while attending the Pioneer Picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. They all stand at center and look to the camera. The Conner women stand in a line that extends back and to the left with Viola Conner in front and Daisy Thompson in the back. A patch of grass extends along the left side of the image. At right, small trees and shrubbery extend towards the center, occupying the background.
H. H. West's friends and family stand in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. All wear hats. There are trees in the background. They stand on a dirt path. In the distance at the right, there is a railing.
Group of H. H. West's friends and family walk through Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. All five wear hats. There is another woman who is unidentified and only partially visible behind Dr. Smith. There are trees in the background.
Dr. Bim Smith holds what may be a hamster or gerbil in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. He wears a hat. There are men on either side of him. There are trees in the background.
Photograph of James A. Day standing in front of Shorb Station at the Southern Pacific Railroad employee picnic held at Sycamore Grove Park. James A. Day stands in the near distance at center and looks to the camera. Behind him, Shorb Station stands in the middle of the park. The train-car-sized building is viewed from the short side and extends back towards the left at an angle. A box step sits in front of the open door that is behind James. Patriotic decor covers the perimeter of the structure. Above the door on the near side, a sign reads, "SHORB." Two men stand on the right side of the station. The park extends into the background with trees and benches visible in the distance.
An out-of-focus photograph of Leo Carrillo standing on a stage and speaking at the Southern Pacific Railroad employee picnic at Sycamore Grove Park. He is viewed from the side and with a worm's-eye perspective. The front of the stage is covered in patriotic decor and stretches across the bottom edge on an angle. Leo Carrillo stands, right-of-center, near the front edge of the stage and faces towards the left. He is dressed in western attire while he stands at the microphone and speaks. A woman stands behind and to the right of him. She looks to the camera. The rest of the stage stretches behind Leo Carrillo to the right. Chairs and benches line the back of the stage. A man sits on stage and look towards Leo Carrillo. Above the stage, an awning extends over the front of the stage and a sign stretches above it. The sign reads, "SOUTHERN P[...]." Trees stand in the background at left.
Photograph of Earl Kellum standing in Sycamore Grove Park while attending the Southern Pacific Railroad employee picnic. Earl Kellum stands, left-of-center, and is viewed close-up. He faces towards the camera but gazes past it towards center. A man stands in partial view along the left edge, next to Earl. Benches line a fence that extends behind Earl on an angle from right and back to the left. A man (partial view) and a woman sit on the bench to the right of Earl Kellum. She looks to camera and he gazes up towards Earl. Another man stands on a bench behind Earl. Greenery on the other side of the fencing occupies the background.
Photograph of Nellie Hiatt mingling with other Iowa State Picnic attendees in the Montgomery County section at Lincoln Park. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, a girl walks across the park. Behind her, Mrs. Hiatt stands amongst a group of other picnic-goers at center. She wears a black hat and stands with her back to camera. To the right of them, people sit on a park bench that faces away from camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Though the negative sleeve dates this photograph as about 1910, West's daughters appear to be older than four and seven, as they would have been in 1910, so the date has been estimated to be circa 1915.
Pelican perched on a rock in MacArthur (Westlake) Park. There are lily pads at the right and left and rocks with plants covering them above. A woman stands on the rocks above wearing a hat. There are trees at the top and a building beyond.
Frances West (Frances Lucille West Wells) and Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) were H. H. West's daughters. Mrs. George M. West (Wilhelmina Lemberger West) was H. H. West's mother.
H. H. West, Jr. stands barefoot at the center of the photograph in front of a large plant. He is in Sycamore Park having just taken a test for the Boy Scouts. His head is turned to the left and he holds a hatchet in his left hand and another object in his right. He stands near railroad tracks that run through the lower left corner of the photograph. A utility pole rises in the background on the left and power lines run on a diagonal across the upper left corner.
People walk across on stepping stones to cross the lake at Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. A man leads the way, followed by a boy, a girl, and another boy, who wears a flat hat and is at the right of the photograph. There are trees and bushes throughout. A wire hangs overhead.
Stepping stones stretch across the lake in Lincoln (Eastlake) Park. Two horse-drawn carriages cross the lake and two men walk across the stones. There is another man standing on the far shore. There are trees and other plants throughout. At the left, there is a bridge.
Men helps a woman across the stepping stones at Lincoln (Eastlake) Park as a boy follows behind. The man holds a paper in his hand. There is a utility pole with wires above in the background, along with trees and brush.