H. H. West, Jr. stands near a frozen fountain, Big Bear, 1932

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. stands near a frozen fountain, Big Bear, 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

H. H. West, Jr. stands at left near a frozen fountain (per caption). He gazes at something out-of-frame on the left. Behind him, in the near distance, is a large mound of snow (center). A cabin (center-right) sits among trees in the background.

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

Location

California--Big Bear Lake

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Fountains--California--Big Bear Lake
Snow--California--Big Bear Lake