Four Boys Scouts dress after a swim in the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, about 1933

Item Overview

Title

Four Boys Scouts dress after a swim in the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, about 1933

Photographer

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

Date Created

[about 1933]

Date

1933

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Four boys dress after a swim in the Los Angeles River. The boy at the left holds a stick, the one next to him is holding up his shirt, the next one is pulling on his sock, and the one at the right is totally dressed. There are other people swimming in the river beyond them. There are mountains in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 56. Los Angeles, Griffith Park about 1933. Boy Scout Rally. Troop 76. 4 scouts have had a swim in the Los Angeles river and are dressing. The tallest boy 2d from left is Harry Lawrence. Boy at extreme right is named Craig.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Boy Scouts of America
Lawrence, Harry

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles River (Calif.)