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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood and Alice Shaw sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 4 women sit in a group in the near distance, off-center to the left. They all sit in folding chairs that form a semi-circle that is open towards camera. Mertie West sits leftmost. She sits facing right, but looks to camera. To the right of her, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sit facing camera. Josie looks to camera while Hannah looks towards Mertie. Rightmost, Alice Shaw sits in profile facing left. All 4 women sit with crossed arms and legs. Behind them, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right and mountains are visible rising in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2383. Burbank, California, May 23, 1948. Residence J.W.McDonald. 6 films. All read from L to R 1. Alice (Mrs Lester) Shaw 2. Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood. 3. Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Hannah Lockwood, Alice Shaw 4. L to R: Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, J.W.McDonald, Chloe McD. 5. L to R: Everett Shaw, Hebard West, Lester Shaw, H.H.West, Will Shaw, J.W.McDonald, 6. Hebard West, Lester Shaw, Will Shaw, McDonald, Everett Shaw, Chloe McDonald, Ann West, Josie Shaw, Mertie West, Hannah Lockwood, Alice Shaw
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