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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An informal group photograph, from left to right, of Richard Siemsen, H. H. West, Jr., Dottie (Dorothea) Siemsen and Mertie Whitaker West posing while they wait for a train at the S. P. R. R. train station in Glendale. They wait for train to Santa Barbara where H. H. West, Jr.'s high school band was to perform. The Siemsen children and Mertie all pose and look to the camera. H. H. West, Jr. wears his band uniform and gazes off towards the left. People mill about the platform in the background. Some at right also wear their band uniforms. Train tracks are at left as well as the exhaust from a train. Text from negative sleeve: 498. Glendale, Calif. December 18, 1937. S.P.R.R. depot Glendale. The High School band is going to Santa Barbara and they are waiting for the train. L to R: Richard Siemsen. H.H.West Jr in band uniform. Dottie Siemsen. Mrs Mertie Whitaker West
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0498_001 ark:/21198/zz002hqng4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad stations--California--Glendale Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003 West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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