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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. H. H. West and Mertie Whitaker West's family sit at the Thanksgiving table. There is a covered serving dish at the center of the table, as well as candles and various dishes. There is a chair with a magazine on it at the left of the photograph and the edge of an armchair or couch at the right. Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's second wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother, and Agnes Whitaker was his wife. Josie Shaw was Mertie's sister and Will Shaw (William Henry Shaw) was her husband. Lester Shaw was Will and Josie's son, and Alice Shaw was his wife. This photograph is flipped, so that the image is backwards and the list of people on the negative sleeve should be read as right to left, instead of left to right. Text from negative sleeve: 1925. Los Angeles, California. 2223 Griffin Avenue, Thanksgiving Day 1942. 1. 2. Two pictures of our Thanksgiving Duck dinner. I had shot some ducks on the Center Club and we had some guests: Left to right around the table: Wesley W. Witherby, Zetta Witherby, Lester Shaw, Alice Shaw, Mertie Whitaker West, Josie Shaw, Agnes Whitaker, Will Shaw, Forrest Whitaker. Taken in our dining room. Note the two mounted teal ducks on the secretary in upper right corner. 2 films.
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