Frances West, Lester Shaw and Abraham Whitaker camping at the beach, San Onofre, about 1925

Item Overview

Title

Frances West, Lester Shaw and Abraham Whitaker camping at the beach, San Onofre, about 1925

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1925]

Date

1925

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of members of the H. H. West family camping at the beach at San Onofre. Frances West stands in front of a tent. Seated in front of the tent are 2 young men (in chairs) and Lester Shah and Abraham Whitaker on a bench. An automobile is covered by the ten t awning behind Abraham Whitaker.
Frances West is the daughter of H. H. West and his first wife, Mary Adelbert Teal West. Lester Shaw is the nephew of Mertie Whitaker West (H. H. West's second wife). Abraham Whitaker is H. H. West's father in-law.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 149. San Onofre, Calif. About 1925. See No. 148. L to R: Frances West, Lester Shaw and A. Whitaker. Two children in behind probably Eleanor Shaw and H. H. West Jr.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Whitaker, Abraham, 1848-1934
Shaw, Lester Merle, 1895-1968

Location

California-San Onofre

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Camping--California--San Onofre
Beaches--California--San Onofre