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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw and Hannah Lockwood sitting around the McDonalds' backyard in Burbank during a picnic. The manicured back lawn stretches across the foreground and mid-ground. The 3 women sit in a line that arcs back to the right. Mertie West sits leftmost and nearest to camera. She is in profile, facing right. Behind and to the right of her, Josie Shaw also sits in profile, facing right. Hannah Lockwood sits rightmost, facing camera, but looks towards the right. Someone else's legs peek into frame from the right edge. Behind the group, a hedge, fence and a few small trees line the yard's back boundary. A neighbor's home stands in the distance at right. Along the right edge, a large cylindrical object stands in front of the house. 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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