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Title
Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw pose beside a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-05
May, 1943
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw posing beside a car that is parked outside H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The group stands in a line that extends back along the left side of the car with Josie Shaw nearest to camera and Mertie West furthest from camera. All three look forward. The car to the right of them is viewed at an angle from the front and side; it faces towards the right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind them on a steep upward angle from right to left. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 2005. Los Angeles, California May 1943. 2223 Griffin Ave. 1. L to R: Mertie West. Will H. Shaw. Josie Shaw. 2. Same except H.H.West takes place of Will H.Shaw, who took the picture.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2005_002
ark:/21198/zz002hvp5r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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