Woman sits on the rocks, Santa Catalina Island, 1903

Description: Woman sits on the rocks. Another woman's arm and leg are visible at the left. The woman who is fully visible wears a flat hat and a tie folded at her neck. There is a hill behind her with brush on it.
Caption: This image appears to have been taken on the same occasion as other images (ark no. 21198/zz002hq2kg and ark no. 21198/zz002hq2p1), which, on verso, have the date 1903. Also on verso, the women are identified as Evelyn and Nan.
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 [...]

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_000270_011
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hq2nh
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.