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Title
Mertie Whitaker, Mrs. Rucher, Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger, and Rolla Rucher at the train station, Crafton, 1901
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1901-04-28
April 28, 1901
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mertie Whitaker, Mrs. Rucher, Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger, and Rolla Rucher at the train station in Crafton. The railroad tracks an a pole are visible in the background. All four people wear hats, the women's are covered in flowers and ribbons. Mrs. West holds a flower, Mrs. Warder holds a purse.
Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's. Pinkie Lemberger (Ellen Lorene Lemberger Warder) was H. H. West's first cousin. Mrs. Rucher may be Susan Lemberger Rucher, who was Caroline and John Lemberger's daughter.
Text from negative sleeve: 69. Crafton, Calif., April 28, 1901. At the S. P. R. R. station: L to R: Mertie Whitaker, Mrs Rucher, Pinkie Lemberger, Rolla Rucher.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000069_001
ark:/21198/zz002hpgfr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--Crafton
Rucher, Rolla
Warder, Ellen Lorene Lemberger, 1874-1936
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Rucher, Mrs
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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