/ Dorothea Siemsen and Mertie West watch Elizabeth Siemsen pick flowers, Glendale, 1942

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Title: Dorothea Siemsen and Mertie West watch Elizabeth Siemsen pick flowers, Glendale, 1942
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mertie West was H. H. West's wife, Elizabeth Siemsen was H. H. West's daughter, and Dorothea Siemsen was Elizabeth's daughter.
Dorothea Siemsen and Mertie West watch Elizabeth Siemsen pick flowers. Mrs. Siemsen bends over. Dorothea has a hand to her mouth. Mrs. West, who is wearing a coat and hat, holds a purse and gloves. Other houses, a palm tree, and mountains are visible in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 46. Glendale, Calif. Residence of Al Siemsen. 1942. L to R; Elizabeth Siemsen picking flowers. Dottie Siemsen and Mertie West looking on.
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Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_000046_001
ark:/21198/zz002hpfc7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Gardens--California--Glendale
Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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