Elizabeth, Mary, and Frances West eat lunch on the steps of a school house, Camarillo, about 1912

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth, Mary, and Frances West eat lunch on the steps of a school house, Camarillo, about 1912

Photographer

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

Date Created

about 1912

Date

1912

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

H. H. West's wife, Mary, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, eat lunch on the steps of a school house. All three eat what may be melons using spoons. Elizabeth and Frances have bows in their hair and wear boots. There is a small, open suitcase on the step by Elizabeth's feet. There is an open box next to Mary, as well as jars and dishes. There are two doors behind them and there is sand in the foreground.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 264. Camarillo, Calif. About 1912. We drove up the Ventura Boulevard one Sunday, and stopped at the school house just past Camarillo and ate lunch on the steps. 2 negatives. Mary A. West. Elizabeth West. Frances West.

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
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Camarillo

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Eating & drinking--California--Camarillo