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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Elizabeth West stands next to a bench on the beach. She wears a dark bathing suit with buttons up the front. A man stands in the sand at the left of the photograph. Next to the bench, there is a wooden pole and there is an object on the bench. There are utility poles and wires in the background. Based on the age of H. H. West's daughter, Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) in this image, the date has been estimated as about 1905, rather than about 1910. Text from negative sleeve: 1321. Venice, Calif. about 1910. Island Ave and Speedway cottage. 1. Elizabeth West by the seat I had made at the edge of the Speedway at Island Avenue. 2. Fannie Mead Biddick and her daughter Ruth Biddick out on the seat in the wind. 3. Elizabeth West in bathing suit. 4. Frances West, with pig tails, watching the breakers. 4 films.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1321_004 ark:/21198/zz002hszfv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaches--California--Venice Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
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