Elizabeth West and Frances West scramble across rocks, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth West and Frances West scramble across rocks, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912

Photographer

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

Date Created

1912

Date

1912

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth and Frances West scrambling across rocks next to the bank of the Big Tujunga Creek. At left, Elizabeth West moves towards the right, in a crouched position, across the rocks. Frances West does the same ahead of her on the right. Both girls wear printed skirts, white tops and white bows in their hair. Frances wears a bracelet on her wrist. A large rock in water lies in the foreground. Behind the girls, the base of a hillside is strewn with rocks and boulders.
Frances West and Elizabeth West were about 6 and 9 years old, respectively, in 1912. They look older than that in this photograph.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 200. Big Tejunga [sic], Calif. 1912. Bessie McGee Velzy and Mrs H. H. West. 15 pictures of Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline playing in Big Tejunga [sic] Creek. 16 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
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906

Location

California--Sunland-Tujunga

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Children--California--Sunland-Tujunga
Streams--California--Sunland-Tujunga
Boulders--California