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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West standing on the shore and looking out over Newport Bay. The group stands at center and gazes out towards the bay at right. Dottie Siemsen stands nearest to camera and faces to the right. Al Siemsen stands behind and to the right of her; he too faces towards the right. Wayne West stands behind and to the right of Al; he faces towards the camera, but turns his head towards the right. Large rocks line the shoreline to the right of the group. The rocky shoreline extends from the lower right corner on arc back towards the left. Behind the group, a housing unit stands left-of-center. Two palm trees stand in front of it; a man and young boy stand beneath the palm at left. The bay stretches into the distance along the right side of the image. Boats sail on the water and the opposite shore stands in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1220. Santa Ana-Balboa, Calif. January 19, 1941. Wayne West drove Al Siemsen, Dottie and Richard Siemsen and H.H.West down to Balboa, California, for a ride from his home 1022 S.Main St., Santa Ana, Calif. 1. On the Balboa ocean front: L to R: Richard Siemsen. Dottie Siemsen. Al Siemsen. Wayne West. 2. Overlooking Balboa Bay, with palms in rear. L to R: Richard Siemsen over under the palm; Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West. 3. Richard Siemsen on trestle. 4. I took Dottie and Richard Siemsen across the bay on the ferry boat. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1220_003 ark:/21198/zz002hsnd0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dwellings--California--Newport Beach Newport Bay (Calif.) Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003 Siemsen, Alfred, 1906-1966 West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965
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