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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Elizabeth West (Elizabeth West Siemsen) and Frances West (Frances Lucille West Wells) were H. H. West's daughters. H. H. Cooper sits on the porch of the West's beach cottage while Elizabeth and Frances West sit in the sand in front. Frances is on the left, Elizabeth is on the right. Mr. Cooper's legs are crossed. There is a bottle sitting in the sand in front of the girls. A sign reading, "For rent Allen & Kristensen... Windward Ave" hangs on the front of the cottage. There is a wooden sidewalk in the foreground, as well as leading up to the cottage. In the background at the right, there is a large pile of wood next to another cottage and there is another building beyond that. At the left, there are other buildings, as well as utility poles and wires. Text from negative sleeve: 1327. Venice, Calif. about 1910. Mildred ave cottage. 1. The Ship Café on the pier. 2. Our cottage facing Mildred, and at extreme right is the little 3-room cottage facing the alley. 3. Front view of the front cottage. 4. H. H. Cooper sitting on porch. Frances and Elizabeth West on sand. 5. A close up of same. 6. Mary A West with Frances West in surf. 6 films.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1327_004 ark:/21198/zz002hszwk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dwellings--California--Venice Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Cooper, Harry Hershey, 1855-1928
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