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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of freshly poured cement drying in the Siemsen's backyard while Elizabeth Siemsen and the workmen lunch in the Siemsen's garage on Los Encinos Avenue. The fresh concrete stretches across the foreground. A long wood plank stretches across the fresh cement on an angle from the lower left corner and up towards the right. The cement in the foreground curves alongside the curve of the preexisting driveway. The driveway enters from the right and curves up towards the garage in the distance at center. The garage door is open. Inside the garage, Elizabeth West (right) sits at a table with 2 workmen and lunches. To the right of the garage, building materials sit in a pile in the driveway. A fence lines the property at left. Neighboring houses stand in the background. Mountains rise in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1999. Glendale, Calif., May 1943. Residence of Al Siemsen, 1811 Los Encinos. 1. Al Siemsen, doing cement work. 2. The cement flooring in the rear yard with garage in rear. Elizabeth Siemsen sitting with workmen in garage where they are eating lunch. 3. L to R: Mertie West. Elizabeth Siemsen. Al Siemsen
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