Mrs. Culp, Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Agnes Whitaker posing on the beach, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Culp, Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Agnes Whitaker posing on the beach, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1924]

Date

1924

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A group photograph, from left to right, of Mrs. Culp, Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Agnes Whitaker all standing in a line and looking towards the left. The women stand in a line from shortest to tallest, resting their hands on the shoulders of the woman standing in front of them. They all stand in profile, facing towards the ocean at left. They turn their heads to glance back to a camera to the left of the photographer of this photograph. The shoreline passes behind them on an upward angle from left to right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 832. Rincon, Above Ventura, Calif. About 1924. L to R: Mrs Culp. Edith Shaw. Mertie Whitaker. Zetta Witherby. Josie Shaw. Agnes Whitaker. 2 pictures of Josie Shaw drilling the girls on the sand. On the way home Mertie Whitaker and Zetta Witherby stop at a rest room. 4 negatives

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
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Culp, Mrs.
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, Edith Bowen, 1901-1985
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967

Location

California--Carpinteria

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Carpinteria