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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Gilbert Cecil West posing while standing on the front walk of the H. H. West's home on South Griffin Avenue. Gilbert Cecil West stands in the near distance at center. He is dressed in uniform (military) and stands facing slightly left as he looks to the camera. The walkway extends across the bottom edge of the image. The West's lawn stretches behind the walkway. A neighbor's house stands along the left frame and faces right. Other houses stand behind it, receding into the distance. Behind Gilbert and a few houses down, a large palm tree stands. A sidewalk stretches vertically along the right. South Griffin Avenue runs parallel to it. In the distance at right, cars park along the curb, facing towards the camera. Text from negative sleeve: 1913. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue. January 11, 1941. Gilbert Cecil West, son of Everett and Myrtle West of Mt Carmel, Illinois, arrives in Los Angeles, en route to Moffet Air Field, Sunnyvale, near San Jose, California. His buddy with him is William Roscoe Wright. They slept at our home that night. 1. Left to right: Gilbert Cecil West and William Roscoe Wright in front of my Buick, in front of our place. 2. 3. Two pictures of Gilbert Cecil West on our front walk, with Anderson's palm for background. 4. 5. Two pictures of Gilbert Cecil West on our front walk with the rear of our Buick and the other side of Griffin Ave. 5 films. 1 photo of #4
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1913_003 ark:/21198/zz002hvfnm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Residential streets--California--Los Angeles Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles Palms--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985
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