H. H. West poses with the first deer he shot and a pack horse, Olancha vicinity, 1914

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West poses with the first deer he shot and a pack horse, Olancha vicinity, 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

1914

Date

1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An underexposed photograph of H. H. West posing next to a pack horse carrying the first deer H. H. ever shot. H. H. West stands right-of-center with his hand on his hip and looking to the camera. The horse stands to his left, facing H. H., and is viewed from the side. The buck hangs slung over the horse's back towards the left. Trees stand in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 678. Monache Meadows, Calif. 1914. Our camp at Hessian meadows. Poor negative. Al Schmitz is reclining at the right in one of the two of the camp. H.H.West with the first deer he ever killed. Shot with 28 gauge Ross Rifle. Head was mounted on reaching Los Angeles. Glen Velzy brought it in from Lone Pine on the train for mounting, as Al and I picked up our famil[sic] families and went to Silver Lake for a vacat[sic] vacation. [4 scratched out] [handwritten: 3 x] negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

California--Olancha

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Deer--California
Pack animals--California--Olancha
Deer hunting--California
Dead animals--California
Hunters--American--California--Olancha