H. H. West, Jr. fishes from rocks in Matilija Creek, Ojai vicinity, about 1925

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. fishes from rocks in Matilija Creek, Ojai vicinity, about 1925

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1925]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph shows H. H. West, Jr. fishing in Matilija Creek while he stands on a bed of rocks in the middle of the creek. He stands in profile at left and faces right. He holds his fishing rod out in front of him. Boulders in the creek stand behind him at right. Trees and shrubbery line the creek's bank behind him at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 655. Matilija, Calif. About 1925. H.H.West Jr fishing Matilija creek. 8 films. H.H.West Jr and the one and only fish he caught. 9 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Fishing--California
Boulders--California
Streams--California--Ojai

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

California--Ojai

Resource type

still image