/ Mertie West poses with the Siemsen family, Los Angeles, 1939

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Title: Mertie West poses with the Siemsen family, Los Angeles, 1939
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: May 6, 1939
1939-05-06
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 poses with the Siemsen family. The three women wear floral dresses, and Richard Siemsen wears a patterned shirt. There are trees, houses, and a car in the background.
Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Elizabeth Siemsen was his daughter, Alfred Siemsen was Elizabeth's husband, and Dorothea and Richard were her children.
Text from negative sleeve: 48. Los Angeles, Calif. 2223 Griffin Ave. May 6, 1939. L to R: Elizabeth Siemsen, Richard Siemsen, Mrs. Mertie West, Dorothea Siemsen, Al Siemsen.
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_000048_001
ark:/21198/zz002hpff8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Families--American--California--Los Angeles
Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003
Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Siemsen, Alfred, 1906-1966
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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