Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Photographer

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

Date Created

1929

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother, and Agnes Whitaker was his wife. The kitchen is covered with an awning. There is a table surrounded by chairs, along with a counter that is lined with canned foods and topped with various kitchen supplies. There is a large log in the foreground.
Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 99. Convict Lake 1929. Our kitchen in camp with Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and Edith Shaw. [The people in the photograph appear to actually be Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Camping--California--Mammoth Lakes

Names

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

Location

California--Mammoth Lakes

Longitude

37.597287

Latitude

-118.847769

Resource type

still image