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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a dresser standing in H. H. West, Jr.'s old bedroom at the West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The dresser stands in the corner of the room in the near distance at center and faces towards the camera. It contains 3 rows of drawers. Photographic portraits and objects sit atop the dresser. Above the dresser, a mirror hangs on the wall and patriotic decor hangs below the mirror. To the left of the dresser, portraits, from left to right, of Capt. Wifrid M. Cline and Dottie Siemsen Burgess hang from the left wall. To the right of the dresser, a light bulb hangs down near the dresser. To the right of it, the edge of the door stands along the right frame. A corner of the bed is visible in the lower right corner in the foreground. 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 -
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2095_003 ark:/21198/zz002j2fck
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Photographs Clothes chests--California--Los Angeles Bedrooms--California--Los Angeles
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