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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mertie Whitaker became H. H. West's second wife in the 1920's. Mertie Whitaker and Ora Prickett stand on Spring Street watching the parade for President William McKinley. She wears a flat, straw hat and gloves and holds a handkerchief in one hand and a coat under her arm. He wears a bowler hat and has a mustache. Crowds walk by on the sidewalk and street around them, all with their backs to the camera. There is a wooden crate on the sidewalk. American flags hang from the storefronts. S. Condradi Jeweler is behind them and Whedon & Spreng Co. is next to that. Text from negative sleeve: 1738. Los Angeles, California, 1901. Spring Street. 1. President William McKinley is in Los Angeles. Left to right: Mertie Whitaker and her cousin Ora Prickett on Spring Street, near Second Street, watching the parade. 1 film.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1738_001 ark:/21198/zz002hv032
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Prickett, Ora Markley, 1874-1951 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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