Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis, Los Angeles, 1933

Photographer

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

Date Created

1933

Date

1933

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Boy Scouts and spectators watch the dedication ceremony of a water fountain in honor of Committeeman Will H. Willis. A group sits in a semi-circle with their backs to the camera. Boy Scouts stand facing them and other people stand behind the troops. Others sit at the right. There is a building at the left with a porch and an American flag flying out front. Boys sit on a bench in which the words, "Donated... troop" are carved. A house is on the hill in the background.
Camp Arthur Letts was a Boy Scouts facility in the Hollywood Hills, which was open from the 1920s through the 1950s.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 234. Los Angeles, Camp Arthur Letts Boy Scout Camp. 1933. Dedicating the drinking fountain to Committeeman Will H. Willis, deceased. Troop No. 76, 1933. Scouts and visitors assembled in front of the Camp Arthur Letts headquarters. Lining up troop 76. Scoutmaster Ed Saxton with back to camera. Scouts disbanding after dedicating. Small film: H. H. West Jr and some scout embracing. Movie actress home on hill. Small film: Scouts in a huddle. 5 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Boy Scouts of America

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.128079

Latitude

-118.364472

Resource type

still image