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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Ellen Lorene (Pinkie) Lemberger poses in H. H. West's bedroom. She wears a large hat and leans on a dresser. There are pictures on the dresser and stuck in the edge of its mirror. There are brushes and other objects on the dresser, as well. There are pictures all over the walls, as well as a doll hanging from the wall and a gun posted above that. Two Indian clubs sit on the ground next to a basket. There are curtains at the right. Pinkie Lemberger (Ellen Lorene Lemberger Warder) was H. H. West’s first cousin. Text from negative sleeve: 1803. Los Angeles, California. 240 South Griffin Ave. 1901. 1. Ella Loraine [sic] Lemberger (Pinkie) in H. H. West's room up stairs. This picture was carefully made. The dresser was taken from it's [sic] regular place and set diagonally across the corner of the bed room blocking the door to and from the up stairs hall. This was done to get the light from the west window onto Pinkie and the highly decorated dresser. 2. 3. Two silhouettes of Pinkie Lemberger, made by hanging a sheet over a window and making an exposure. 3 films.
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