H. H. West, Jr. leans against a boulder and fishes in Matilija Creek, Ojai vicinity, about 1925

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. leans against a boulder and fishes in Matilija Creek, Ojai vicinity, about 1925

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1925]

Date

1925

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West, Jr., viewed from the opposite side of Matilija Creek, leaning against a boulder as he fishes in the creek. He stands atop a large rock in the creek and leans his back against a boulder behind him. H. H., Jr. faces towards the right and holds out his fishing rod in the same direction. The creek flows in the foreground and trees line the creek's bank in the background.

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

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

California--Ojai

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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