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Decorated dresser standing in the corner of H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom on Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1944

Description:
Photograph of a dresser standing in H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom at the West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The dresser stands in the corner of the room in the near distance at center and faces towards the camera. It contains 3 rows of drawers. Photographic portraits and objects sit atop the dresser. Above the dresser, a mirror hangs on the wall and patriotic decor hangs below the mirror. To the left of the dresser, portraits, from left to right, of Capt. Wifrid M. Cline and Dottie Siemsen Burgess hang from the left wall. To the right of the dresser, a light bulb hangs down near the dresser. To the right of it, the edge of the door stands along the right frame. A corner of the bed is visible in the lower right corner in the foreground.
Date:
April, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Decorated dresser standing in the corner of H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom on Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles, 1944

Harry Hershey Cooper sits at a desk in the first Southern Pacific Railroad telegraph office on Sixth and Main, Los Angeles, about 1902

Description:
Photograph of a photograph of Harry Hershey Cooper sitting at his desk in the Southern Pacific Railroad's Telegraph Office in the Pacific Electric Building in downtown Los Angeles. Harry Hershey Cooper sits in the foreground, right-of-center, and faces slightly left. He sits in his desk chair and looks at paperwork he holds in front of him. Ahead of him, his desk stands, left-of-center. Beyond the desk, a cabinet stands in the corner of the room at center. A covered window is inset into the back wall at left. Along the wall at right, a picture hangs and light fixture winds down the wall. Wood grain surrounds the edges of the photograph.
Date:
[circa 1902]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Harry Hershey Cooper sits at a desk in the first Southern Pacific Railroad telegraph office on Sixth and Main, Los Angeles, about 1902

Letter from Mrs. B. B. Borgman to Mr. West re: pictures of Marines, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Handwritten text: "Monday morning Dec 20, 1943. Dear Mr West: Thanks again for the picture, and when the boys saw it they all wanted one too. If you will have one for each of the boys made or send me the negative I will be glad to pay for it. The boys are from left to right. Elwood S McClintic P.R.1/c. 'Mickey'. William D. Johnston, 36th Reg. Co A. 'Johnnie'. Paul A Word 4th Marine Div. 'Paul'. Edward C Shaw N.A. 1/c 'Eddie'. Robert L Ward U.S.N. F.M.F. 'Bob'. Some of these have already [handwritten text in right margin:] 6 [encircled] [end right margin text] shipped. The others go soon. Thank you. Sincerely Mrs B B Borgman. 'Merry Christmas'"
Date:
December 20, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Letter from Mrs. B. B. Borgman to Mr. West re: pictures of Marines, Los Angeles, 1943

H. H. West, Jr.'s radio and pictures of his wife, Anna West, and Elizabeth and Al Siemsen sit on a shelf in his quarters, Aleutian Islands, 1943

Description:
An out-of-focus and close-up photograph of a portrait of H. H. West, Jr.'s wife, Anna, a photograph of the Siemsens and a radio sitting on shelf in his quarters. Framing for the wood shelf runs along the top and right edges. A white cloth drapes down from the recessed shelf where the objects sit. The framed portrait of Anna West sits rightmost on the shelf. To the left of it sits the radio. Inserted on top of the radio's speaker, on the left side of the unit, is a photograph of Elizabeth and Al Siemsen. The radio's cord extends down from it towards the lower left corner. A small bottle sits on the shelf to the left of the radio.
Date:
August 25, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West, Jr.'s radio and pictures of his wife, Anna West, and Elizabeth and Al Siemsen sit on a shelf in his quarters, Aleutian Islands, 1943

Photograph of Gladys Carter, Frances Walker and her father Frank E. Walker in happier times, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Photograph of Gladys Carter, Frances Walker and Frank E. Walker (also possibly Frank L. Walker) in happier times before Carter allegedly murdered Frances Walker. Walker had been a houseguest with Gladys Carter and her husband, Deputy Sheriff Archie Carter, for two years. When Walker and Carter got into a heated argument over whether Walker was cheating with Carter's husband Carter shot Walker and then shot herself in the breast. Frank L. Walker was Frances Walker's father.
Date:
between April and June 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Photograph of Gladys Carter, Frances Walker and her father Frank E. Walker in happier times, Los Angeles, 1935