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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. George M. West sits at the table in the library of the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. He smokes a pipe and wears glasses. The table is covered with a cloth and topped with papers. The lower shelf has other papers on it. At the right of the table there is another small table with a lamp on it. A fireplace is in the background with pictures on the mantel and above it. At the right there are other chairs and there is a bookshelf in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 1755. Los Angeles, Calif. 240 South Griffin Ave. 1897. 1. The stairway from the front room. 2. The library and mantel from front room. 3. Another view of the library from front room, with more of the front room shown. 4. The library, mantel and book case from the front room. The book case was made by father out of oak dining table extension boards that I bot [sic] cheap from The Heywood-Wakefield Co., where Guy West worked. 5. Father writing at the library table. 6. Nell's piano in corner of front room. 6 films.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1755_004 ark:/21198/zz002hv1g7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)--California--Los Angeles West, George Miller, 1831-1912
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