Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Agnes Whitaker posing in their "formal" attire, Mono County, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Agnes Whitaker posing in their "formal" attire, Mono County, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

1941

Date

1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Group photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Josie Shaw, Forrest Whitaker and Agnes Whitaker posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal wear. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 867. Rock Creek trip 1941. The Perl Guptills in camp above us invite us up for dinner. Tell us that it is a full dress affair, with spats. We rig out for the dinner: L to R: Mertie West. Josie Shaw. Forrest Whitaker. Agnes Whitaker. Forrest and Agnes were Lord and Lady Gooseberry. H.H.West and Mertie were Lord and Lady Raspberry. Josie Shaw was Lady Loganberry

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
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Mono County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clothing & dress--California--Mono County
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)