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Title: Mertie Whitaker and Nella A. West pose in front of William Shaw's house, Los Angeles, about 1900
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900
[about 1900]
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 Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's. Nella A. West was his sister.
Mertie Whitaker and Nella A. West pose in front of William Shaw's house. There is an unidentified man sitting on the porch behind them. Both women wear hats. There are bushes in front of the house, and another house is visible at the left of the photograph.
Text from negative sleeve: 160. Los Angeles, Calif. W. H. Shaw residence on Vallejo Street, about 1900. L to R: Mertie Whitaker. Nella A. West.
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_000160_001
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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