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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing in Evergreen Cemetery and looking at the tomb of George M. West and Wilhelmina Lemberger West on Decoration Day. Gravestones stand in a row that stretches back towards center from the lower right corner. Mertie stands behind (or to the left) of the third gravestone back. She faces towards the left and tilts her head down slightly. On the ground in front (or to the left) of her, flowers are arranged in front of the West's gravestone. It stands solitary in the near distance at left. Gravestones and trees cover the cemetery grounds that extend into the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2003. Los Angeles, California, Evergreen Cemetery. Decoration Day 1943. Mertie West and graves of Mr and Mrs George Miller West after decoration.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2003_001 ark:/21198/zz002hvp1p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Memorial Day Tombs & sepulchral monuments--California--Los Angeles Flower arrangements Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles, Calif.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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