H. H. West's Buick parked under a huge Joshua tree as H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West stand nearby, Victorville, 1932

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West's Buick parked under a huge Joshua tree as H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West stand nearby, Victorville, 1932

Photographer

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

Date Created

winter 1932

Date

1932

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West's Buick (partial view, left) parked near a large Joshua tree (right). Just to the right of the tree, standing from left to right, are, H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West. The group was traveling home via Victorville from Big Bear Lake.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 195. Big Bear, Calif. Winter 1932. Mertie West after icicles from eaves. H. H. West Jr. by the fountain that has built up an ice cone. The old log cabin at Minnelusa canyon used by duck hunters for many years. We came home via Victorville, and a photo shows our Buick under a huge Joshua tree on the desert near Victorville. Neil Wells and H. H. West Jr. with skis. 6 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
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Victorville

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobiles--American--California
Joshua trees--California--Victorville