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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Whitaker family poses in front of H. H. West's house on Hobart Boulevard. There are bushes on either side of the front walk. The front windows and door of the house are visible behind the group. H. H. West's second wife, Mertie Whitaker West, was a member of the Whitaker family. The negative sleeve identifies the fourth woman from the right, standing, as Marion Whitaker, but she instead appears to be Josie Shaw. Marion Whitaker is more likely the woman sitting at the far right. Text from negative sleeve: 1889. Los Angeles, California. Hobart Boulevard. About 1925. 1. 2. Two pictures of a group on the front porch. Left to right, standing: Forrest Whitaker. Lester Shaw. Wes Witherby. Will Shaw. Agnes Whitaker. Edith Shaw. Romayne Shaw. Marion Whitaker. Everett Shaw. Hattie Whitaker. Guy Whitaker. Sitting, Left to right: Eleanor Shaw. Mertie West. Zetta WItherby. Abe Whitaker, rear. Edmond Montfort, front. Frances West. H. H. West, Jr. Glen Whitaker. 2 large films, the same.
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