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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Dorothea (Siemsen) Burgess, Alfred Siemsen and Richard Siemsen posing on the walkway in front of H. H. West's home on Griffin Avenue. The concrete walkway stretches across the bottom edge of the image. The Siemsens stand at center in a row across the back edge of the walkway. They all look to the camera. Richard holds a cane out to the right. Neighboring yards cascade behind them. Some houses are visible standing in a row at left and recede towards the horizon at center. Griffin Avenue is visible in the distance at far right. It extends from the right and back towards center. A tall palm tree in a neighboring yard stands behind Dorothea Burgess. Text from negative sleeve: 2097. Los Angeles, Calif. May 1944. 2223 Griffin Avenue. 1 Left to right: Dorothea (Siemsen) Burgess. Alfred Siemsen. Richard Siemsen. 2 We are selling our furniture. Richard Siemsen by the sign, with George M.West cane. On porch is Mertie West and Mrs Wayne West, and back to camera is Wayne West.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2097_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2fhn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Residential streets--California--Los Angeles Families--American--California--Los Angeles Lawns--California--Los Angeles Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003 Siemsen, Alfred, 1906-1966 Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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