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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. H. H. West's daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, sit on the back steps of a house with a teddy bear between them. Both girls hold one of the teddy bear's paws. Elizabeth wears dark tights and has a bow in her hair. The door to the house is visible at the top of the stairs. Text from negative sleeve: 1838. Los Angeles, California. 133 South Daly Street, about 1907. 1. 2. Two pictures of Elizabeth West and a Teddy Bear, taken on the rear steps. 3. 4. Two pictures of Elizabeth West and Frances West, taken same time and place, with the Teddy Bear. This Teddy Bear is the one that caused me to call Frances "Teddy." It was shortened to "Ted" and has stuck to her thru life. Frances West is the youngest in the pictures. 4. films. 1 photograph of Elizabeth West.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1838_001 ark:/21198/zz002hv7kp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Teddy bears Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
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