Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw pose beside a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw pose beside a car parked in front of H. H. West's residence, Los Angeles, 1943

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

May, 1943

Date

1943-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Will H. Shaw and Josie Shaw posing beside a car that is parked outside H. H. West's residence on Griffin Avenue. The group stands in a line that extends back along the left side of the car with Josie Shaw nearest to camera and Mertie West furthest from camera. All three look forward. The car to the right of them is viewed at an angle from the front and side; it faces towards the right. The nose of the car extends beyond the right frame. Griffin Avenue stretches behind them on a steep upward angle from right to left. Houses line the far side of the street in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2005. Los Angeles, California May 1943. 2223 Griffin Ave. 1. L to R: Mertie West. Will H. Shaw. Josie Shaw. 2. Same except H.H.West takes place of Will H.Shaw, who took the picture.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.070948

Latitude

-118.211881

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles