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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Library in the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. There is a table with newspapers and books on it at the center of the room and a fireplace with pictures on the mantel beyond. There is carpet on the floor and a small rug sits in the doorway. Curtains partially cover a bookcase in the background. There is a rocking chair at the left and a dining chair against the back wall. Pictures hang on the wall on either side of the fireplace and above it. There is a vase sitting on top of the bookshelf. 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.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1755_005 ark:/21198/zz002hv1hr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)--California--Los Angeles
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