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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker (later West) sitting in the sand in front of the North Beach bathhouse in Santa Monica. H. H. wears a fedora hat. He rests his arms on his knees that are slightly bent outward and looks slightly to the left; he holds a handkerchief in one hand. Mertie wears a boater hat. She rests her hands in her lap as she looks to the camera. Behind them, a ranch-type wooden building extends from the left to the right. It has a railing, two semi-circular, spoked decorative elements on the side of the building, a pitched, corrugated roof and a large dormer at top with seven windows. Text from negative sleeve: 262 Santa Monica, Calif. May 9, 1901. A captive seal near the bath house. Pinkie Lemberger, dtr of John Lemberger on the pier [handwritten:] } 1900? Pinkie Lemberger down on the sand [handwritten:] } 1900? Left to right: Ora Prickett (with derby hat) and Mertie Whitaker. In front of North Beach Bath House. Left to right: H.H.West (with Fedora hat) and Mertie Whitaker in front of North Beach bath house. 5 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000262_004 ark:/21198/zz002hq1s3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bathhouses--California--Santa Monica Beaches--California--Santa Monica West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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