Mertie West poses with H. H. West Jr. in front of Union Station, Los Angeles, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses with H. H. West Jr. in front of Union Station, 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

Mertie West poses with H. H. West Jr. in front of Union Station. He wears a military uniform. She wears a hat and gloves and holds her purse against her body. There is a tree in the background, as well as a tiled column.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 163. Los Angeles, Calif. Union Depot. About 6:15 p.m. July 30, 1940. H. H. West Jr. and Mertie West, as the boys were waiting for their train to leave for Monterey. The train left at 7 p.m. for Monterey, Calif.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.05515

Latitude

-118.23525

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Soldiers--American--California--Los Angeles
Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles