Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan's son stand outside a tent near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan's son stand outside a tent near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Photographer

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

Date Created

1915

Date

1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Ted McClellan's son, Elizabeth West and Frances West standing outside a tent and posing for a photograph. Ted's son stands at the far left. He wears a onesie and a dark-colored bucket hat. Behind him and to the right, a tent is pitched conically (similar to a tipi). Elizabeth and Frances stand in front of the tent and to the right of the tent's opening flap. They wear similar onesies and bonnets. Elizabeth wraps her arm around Frances' shoulder. A car is parked behind the tent at left; it's grill and front hood are visible. A person's shadow is in the photograph on the bottom edge at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 360. Convict Creek, 1915. L to R: Ted McClellan's boy. Frances West. Elizabeth 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

Location

California--Mammoth Lakes

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)
Tents--California--Mammoth Lakes
Camping--California--Mammoth Lakes
Children--California--Mammoth Lakes