H. H. West Jr. glances at his father's camera as he walks by in military uniform, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West Jr. glances at his father's camera as he walks by in military uniform, Los Angeles, 1940

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 30, 1940

Date

1940-07-30

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West Jr. glances at his father's camera as he walks by in military uniform. Three other soldiers walk in front of him. There are cars parked at the center of the photograph and there are trees in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 162. Los Angeles, Calif. Union Depot. About 6:15 p.m. July 30, 1940. This picture is the first one taken of H. H. West Jr. in a soldier's uniform. They had come up from Fort McArthur at San Pedro on the P. E. Ry., which car had put them off on Aliso Street. They came across the street to the Union Depot and entered the grounds, where I caught up with them and snapped the boy as he was swinging past. He turned his head and saw me. He did not know I was going to be there, as they had changed the time of departure from San Pedro, but fortunately I phoned Fort McArthur that morning to see when the bunch was going up to Monterey, Calif. and was able to be on hand.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.05515

Latitude

-118.23525

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Soldiers--American--California--Los Angeles