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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of members of the West and Cline families posing on the front porch steps of H. H. West's home on South Harvard Boulevard. The group is positioned into 2 rows. Standing at back, from left to right, are: Minnie West, Nella West, Absalom Cline and Mary A. West. Sitting on the steps in front, from left to right, are: Elizabeth West, Frances Cline and Frances West. Minnie West, Absalom Cline and Frances West all look to the camera. Nella West stands between Minnie and Absalom and looks to the left. Mary A. West stands to the right of Absalom. She faces and looks to the left as she rests her hands in her skirt pockets. Up front, Elizabeth West sits and appears to read the newspaper. To the right of her, Frances Cline glances down to Elizabeth. Tiered, low stone walls line the steps at right. A wide porch, shrouded in shadow, stretches across the image behind the group. Text from negative sleeve: 1861. Los Angeles, California. 165 South Harvard Blvd. About 1915. 1. Standing in rear, Left to right: Mrs George M. West. Nella A. West. Mr Cline. Mary Adelbert Teel West. Sitting, left to right: Elizabeth West. Frances Cline, dtr [sic] of the old gentlemen [sic]. Frances West. Taken on our front porch. 1 film
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1861_001 ark:/21198/zz002hv99h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles Families--American--California--Los Angeles Porches--California--Los Angeles Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941 Cline, Absalom Bell, 1836-1922 Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960 Kuphal, Frances Isabel Cline, $ 1882-1954
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