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Title
H. H. West's cousins and mother drink on an island in the Mississippi River, Burlington, 1900
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
September 1900
1900-09
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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H. H. West's cousins and mother drink on an island in the Mississippi River. There are three bottles sitting on a stump in front of the group. Fred Lemberger raises his glass while Henry Lemberger and his wife drink. All four wear hats. There are trees behind them and a metal box with a handle in front of the stump.
Fred Lemberger and Henry Lemberger were H. H. West's cousins. Wilhelmina Lemberger West (Mrs. George M. West) was H. H. West's mother.
Text from negative sleeve: 256. Burlington, Iowa, September 1900. Fred Lemberger takes mother and I out to an island in the Mississippi. Left to right: Fred Lemberger, Mrs George M. West, ["H. H. West" crossed out] [handwritten:] Henry Lemberger, Mrs ["Fred" crossed out] [handwritten:] Henry Lemberger.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000256_001
ark:/21198/zz002hq18b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Eating & drinking--Iowa--Burlington
Lemberger, Henry, 1872-1951
West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927
Lemberger, Fred, b. 1874
Lemberger, Laura M., 1876-1966
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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