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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Richard Siemsen posing in front of H. H. West's Buick outside the West's home on Griffin Avenue. A sidewalk passes across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Stone pavers form a walkway that extends through the tree lawn perpendicularly from the sidewalk and towards the street. Richard Siemsen stands at center on the walkway of stone pavers. He looks to the camera and lets his arms hang down by his sides. Behind him, H. H. West's Buick is parked along the curb on Griffin Avenue. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind the Buick on an angle. Houses lining the opposite side of the street stand in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2095. Los Angeles, California, 2223 Griffin Avenue, April 1944. 1. The new sign erected in front of the place. 2. Richard Siemsen in front yard with H.H.West Buick in background. 3. Rear bedroom, - Hebard's old room- showing the dresser in the corner with decorations. At upper left is a framed photo of Capt.Wilfrid M. Cline, A.C.O-917733, 16th C.C.U., A.A.F., A.P.O.627, Care Postmaster New York City. Next to it, over behind the flowers is a large photo of Dottie Siemsen Burgess. On dresser, at left is a "Weather Barometer["] A vase, a small flag, some artifical [sic] flowers, a calla lily painted by some friend of Frances West Wells in Anc orage [sic], Alaska, and sent us for Christmas present - over -
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2095_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2fb2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Residential streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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