Two women sit on the rocks, Santa Catalina Island, 1903

Description: Two women sit on the rocks. Both wear flat hats. The woman in the foreground wears a checked shirt with a high collar and a belt at her waist. The woman in the rear wears a tie folded on her chest with a brooch pinned on it. There is a hill behind them with brush on it.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 270. Catalina Island. About 1897. I was working at the S. P. R. R. Arcade depot in the Superintendent's office. One Monday morning on arrival of the S. P. train from San Pedro, Calif., the conductor of the train brot [sic] up to the Superintendent's office an armful of coats, sweaters, parasols and grips that passengers had left on his train. They had come over from Catalina on the boat late Sunday night, and were tired and sleepy and left a lot of stuff. Couple of us tagged it all up and examined the grips for valuables, etc. One grip had a couple rolls of film, and as I was taking pictures all the time, the boys told me to take the film and get it developed, and we would put it with the grip and if called for, we could collect for the work. We figured the photos might identify the owner. Months passed and no one called for the cheap grip or the few things in it, and I kept the films. There are 12 films. Several years later I recognized one of [...]
Text from image verso: 96. Evelyn + Nan Catalina 1903.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_000270_009
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