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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Gilbert Cecil West shaking hands while standing on the front walk of H. H. West's home on South Griffin Avenue. Both stand in the near distance at center. H. H. West stands at left and faces right as he shakes Gilbert's hand. Gilbert Cecil West stands at right, facing slightly left, and looks to the camera. He is dressed in uniform (military). The walkway extends on a slight angle 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 the 2 men and a few houses back, 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: 1914. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue, January 11, 1941. See No.1913. 1. 2. Two pictures of Henry H. West shaking hands with Gilbert Cecil West of Mt Carmel, Illinois, on our front walk with Anderson's palm for a back ground. 3. Left to right: Gilbert Cecil West. William Roscoe Wright. 4. Close of same. Taken on our front walk looking up Griffin Avenue, with Anderson palm in rear. 4 films. 1 photo of #1
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1914_005 ark:/21198/zz002hvfxr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Shaking hands--California--Los Angeles Residential streets--California--Los Angeles Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles Palms--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985
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