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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. H. H. West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, stand in a washboiler in the backyard of the West's house. Both girls have their dresses pulled up. There is another, smaller bucket on the ground in front of the washboiler. The house is in the background with trees in front of it. There are utility wires overhead. The image is dark and difficult to see. Text from negative sleeve: 1850. Los Angeles, California. 165 South Harvard Blvd., about 1914. 1. 2. Two pictures of Elizabeth West at left and Frances West at right in a washboiler in our rear yard. The back yard was all lawn. An Australian acacia tree was at the right corner, the two cement strips making the driveway still further at right, looking out across the street. Two windows of the breakfast room at left with gate to rear yard at extreme left. Second film is a close up. 2 films.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1850_002 ark:/21198/zz002hv8h4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Backyards--California--Los Angeles Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
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