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Title
Josie Shaw and William Henry Shaw stand outside Asbury Methodist Church with their anniversary gifts, Los Angeles, 1944
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
February 27, 1944
1944-02-27
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 Josie Shaw and William H. Shaw standing on the sidewalk in front of Asbury Methodist Church on Workman Street on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. They stand next to each other and both look to the left. Josie stands at left and William stands at center, holding gift boxes. Behind them, the sidewalk in front of the church extends back from the lower left corner and towards the right, perpendicular to the walkway that the Shaws stand upon. At left, Workman Street stretches alongside the sidewalk. Houses line Workman Street in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 2091. Asbury Methodist Church, Workman St., Los Angeles, Calif. Sunday, February 27, 1944. Mr and Mrs William Henry Shaw and the presents tyey [sic] had just received in the Church Parlors on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Feb.28, 1894.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2091_001
ark:/21198/zz002j2f2x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Gifts
Anniversaries--California--Los Angeles
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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