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George Corwin and Robert T. Brain stand on the wharf with their fishing gear, Santa Monica, about 1905

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of George Corwin and Robert T. Brain standing on the pier at Ocean Park with their fishing gear. The pier stretches along the bottom edge of the image on a slight upward angle from left to right. In the foreground, a basket, camera and some cans sit on the pier at center. Both George Corwin and Robert T. Brain stand along the wooden rail of the pier. George Corwin stands at left and looks to the camera while he holds a fishing rod. Robert T. Brain stands at right and looks to the camera as well. An unidentified man stands behind and to the right of Robert. His back is to the camera as he looks over the edge of the pier. In the background, the ocean extends behind them at left and center and the coastline stretches into the distance at right.
Date:
[circa 1905]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
George Corwin and Robert T. Brain stand on the wharf with their fishing gear, Santa Monica, about 1905

Marmion Hotel, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, 1942

Description:
Photograph of the Marmion Hotel, viewed from close-up, on Marmion way. An inclined drive stretches across the foreground, rising towards the right. Beyond it stands the Marmion Hotel in partial view. The curved corner of the brick building lines the left edge of the image. The front of the building wraps around towards the right and faces right. Windows line all 4 visible floors at left. The entrance to the hotel stands at far right. It stands elevated from the driveway and is covered by an awning. A neon sign hanging from the the awning reads, "HOTEL." Signs on the brick entry porch read, "Marmion HOTEL RATES REASONABLE 3903," and "MARMIO[N] HOTE[L]." A sign in middle ground floor window reads, "FOR RENT [...]."
Date:
February, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Marmion Hotel, viewed close-up, Los Angeles, 1942

View of the West's bus driver posing next to Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the West's bus driver posing in front of Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek in Denali National Park and Preserve. An overgrown, grassy slope slopes upward and back from the foreground. A clear path cuts through it at right. The West's bus driver stands in this pathway and looks to the camera. Behind him at the top of the slope, stands Pioneer cabin, off-center to the right. The camera looks up towards the log cabin that is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. It faces left. A porch extends from the front of the cabin and is strewn with gear and supplies. Open rafters hang over the porch and store additional supplies. Pines stand in the background and a low mountain rises in the distance at center.
Date:
August 17, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of the West's bus driver posing next to Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West looking at charts posted in the storefront window of Pan American World Airways. A street stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center with her back to camera. She faces the shop window and looks at something posted in the window. The window extends to Mertie's right. Etched in the window it reads, "PAA The System of the Flying Clippers PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS." To Mertie's left, the front door sits back from the sidewalk. Etched into the glass of the door, it reads, "ALASKA SERVICE SEATTLE KETCHIKAN JUNEAU WHITEHORSE FAIRBANKS GALENA NOME McGRATH BETHEL." Another window and door sit to the left of that door. In the window at left, it reads, "CANADIAN PACIFIC." A doorway also stands along the right frame. An awning in the streamline moderne-style hovers over the sidewalk.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. and other dockside buildings viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Juneau Cold Storage Co., Inc. and surrounding dockside buildings, as viewed from the West's ship docked in Juneau, Alaska. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. In the foreground, the side of the ship stretches vertically along the right edge. Below the ship, a dock lined by a couple of warehouses stretches back at right. To the left of the rightmost building, a dilapidated dock stretches towards the lower left corner. Behind the dilapidated dock at left, piles of lumber sit in front of the "Columbia Lumber Co." building. Tucked behind and between these buildings stands "JUNEAU CO[L]D STORAGE CO. INC. PUBLIC STORAGE," left-of-center. A "Coca-Cola" sign stands on the near corner of the rooftop. Behind all the buildings, a steep, tree-covered hillside rises from right to left. A large, gold mine building stands in tiers on the hillside's slope, partially obscured by fog.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. and other dockside buildings viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Seaplanes land and take-off in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of seaplanes landing and taking off in the Gastineau Channel, as viewed from the West's ship in Juneau, Alaska. The landscape is viewed from an elevated perspective. Gastineau Channel spans the width of the image along the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. A seaplane appears to ready for take-off in the near distance, left-of-center. To the right of it, a seaplane floats atop the water; it appears to have just landed. Along the right side of the channel, the Juneau shoreline stretches along the lower right edge and juts towards center behind the planes. In the far distance, mountains rise from Douglas Island.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Seaplanes land and take-off in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 1946

Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting beside a picture window at Chateau Lake Louise and looking out at the landscape. In the foreground, Mertie West sits in a chair at right. She sits in profile, facing left, but looks through the picture window behind her. A small table stands along the lower left edge and curtains hang down beside the window, along the right edge. The picture window spans the width of the image and extends beyond the top frame. A view of the adjacent landscape is framed by the window. The landscaped grounds of the hotel lie beyond the window, lining its bottom edge. Further back, Lake Louise stretches across the image. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise to the right and left. Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of the Chateau Lake Louise. A chair upholstered in a floral print sits in the foreground at center and faces left. Beyond it, Mertie West sits in the near distance, left-of-center, at a writing desk. Mertie sits in profile, facing left. The desk, obscured by a plant in the foreground, stands propped against a wall at left. The left wall is lined by large, arched windows and stretches back towards center. Behind and to the right of Mertie, the lobby extends into the background. An arched entryway stands at the far end of the lobby at center and a decorative ceiling hovers over the lobby at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Bow River Valley, viewed from a rooftop at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
A poorly lit photograph of the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, as viewed from a rooftop at the Banff Springs Hotel. The Bow River Valley is silhouetted as it spans the foreground. At left, a pine tree stands. To the right of it and further in the distance at center, the Bow River flows back from the bottom edge. The valley floor that surrounds the river is obscured by shadow. A mountain rises up from the valley floor at right. In the far distance, at center, snow-covered mountains stretch across the background. Four punched holes line the bottom edge at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bow River Valley, viewed from a rooftop at Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

H. H. West Company truck, parked along North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of the H. H. West Company's Studebaker truck parked along North Ridgewood Place. North Ridgewood Place stretches across the foreground on a slight angle. The truck is parked at center on the far side of the street. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces left. On the driver's door, it reads, "H. H. WEST CO. WHOLESALERS 314 - 318 OMAR AVE. MA. 6-1708." Two dwellings line the street behind the truck.
Date:
May, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West Company truck, parked along North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Mertie West stands outside the New York Stock Exchange building, New York, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the New York Stock Exchange building while visiting the Financial District. A wide sidewalk enters frame along the bottom edge at left and stretches back towards center. In the foreground at right, a car in partial view is parked along the curb, facing camera. Two men lean against the car and face left. Just beyond them, in the near distance, Mertie West stands along the street curb. She stands in profile facing left, but turns her head to camera. Men walk along the sidewalk to the left of her and away from the camera. The New York Stock Exchange building lines the far left side of the sidewalk. It enters frame from the left edge and stands in partial view. Decorated corbels support balconies that extend outward from the building's second-story. An American Flag and a United Hospital Fund flag also extend out from the building and fly over the sidewalk. In the distance at right, Federal Hall National Monument stands in partial view. It is viewed from its front facade. Columns line its portico, supporting an entablature and pediment. A statue stands outside the front of the building. Surrounding buildings in the Financial District rise in the background.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the New York Stock Exchange building, New York, 1947

H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West walking away from the front door of the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End neighborhood. Along the bottom edge, a sliver of N Square stretches on an upward angle to the right. At far left, 2 young children play with a toy car on the sidewalk that passes in front of the Paul Revere House. The Paul Revere House stands on the far side of the street. It is viewed close-up and at an angle from the front. The timber-constructed dwelling stands 2-stories tall with lattice-pane windows lining both floors. An American flag extends out from the center of the building. H. H. West stands in the distance at far right, facing camera as he walks away from the house. A building adjacent to the Paul Revere House is barely visible standing along the right edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Wells cabin and surrounding landscape, as seen from a hillside in winter, Big Bear, 1932

Description:
The Wells cabin (just left-of-center) sits in the snow-covered and wooded area of Minnelusa Canyon at Big Bear Lake. It is partially obscured by an outcrop of boulders. Additional cabins can be seen in the background in the upper left corner and in the lower right corner, in addition to an automobile in the lower right corner.
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Wells cabin and surrounding landscape, as seen from a hillside in winter, Big Bear, 1932