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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Front room and library in the West's house at 240 South Griffin Avenue. At the left, there is a rocking chair and another chair is set up near the doorway. There is a set of shelves at the left with photographs and other items on them. A table is in the foreground. At the back corner of the front room, there is a table with a lamp on it. There is carpet on the floor and a small rug sits in the doorway. In the library, a table is visible at the center, with the fireplace behind it. . Curtains partially cover a bookcase 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.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1755_006 ark:/21198/zz002hv1j8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)--California--Los Angeles
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