H. H. West's family and friends in a car on a dirt road, Mount Baldy vicinity, about 1914

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West's family and friends in a car on a dirt road, Mount Baldy vicinity, about 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

[about 1914]

Date

1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mrs. George M. West (Wilhelmina Lemberger West) was H. H. West's mother. Mrs. H. H. West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of Elizabeth and Frances West.
H. H. West's family and friends in a car on a dirt road. They are stopped near a sign that reads, "DANGER autos are hereby notified to blow horn & not to exceed 10 mi per hour. This grade is extremely dangerous we POSITIVELY will not be responsible for accidents. SAN ANTONIO W. CO." A woman is in the driver's seat of the vehicle. Trees and bushes line the road.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 185. Mt. Baldy, Calif. About 1914. The old toll road up San Antone canyon to Camp Baldy. Dangerous but passable. The old Duro Car. in the car Mr and Mrs Glen Velzy. Mrs H. H. West and Frances and Elizabeth West. Mrs Geo. M. West. 2 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927

Location

California--Mount Baldy

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobiles--American--California--Mount Baldy