William Shaw teaches H. H. West Jr. how to catch grasshoppers, Bridgeport vicinity, 1929

Item Overview

Title

William Shaw teaches H. H. West Jr. how to catch grasshoppers, Bridgeport vicinity, 1929

Photographer

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

Date Created

1929

Date

1929

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

William Shaw teaches H. H. West Jr. how to catch grasshoppers. Shaw holds what appears to be a fishing pole as well as a pole with a net at the end. West holds a jar. Shaw leans forward wearing a plaid jacket and boots. There is a wood shed at the left of the photograph.
William Shaw was H. H. West's brother-in-law.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Twin Lakes, 1929. [Handwritten: 1929.] We leave 2223 Griffin Ave in our Chandler car. Hebard West in car, Will Shaw and H. H. West standing beside it. We reach Twin Lakes above Bridgeport, Calif. and make camp under a pine tree by the lower lake. Using a dish towel too long, when the rest of the party came in to the camp they noticed the dirty towel and called the place "The Camp of the Dirty Dish Towel." 2 negatives. Will Shaw showing H. H. West Jr. how to catch grasshoppers. 4 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960

Location

California--Bridgeport

Resource type

still image