Elizabeth West watches her mother, Mary West, ride a donkey through a shallow stream, Mount Wilson, about 1909

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth West watches her mother, Mary West, ride a donkey through a shallow stream, Mount Wilson, about 1909

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1909]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Elizabeth West (front, left) watching Mary West (center) ride a donkey through a shallow stream along a trail near Mount Wilson. Elizabeth stands in the foreground and in partial shadow with her back to the camera. She faces towards the center of the image where her mother is riding a donkey through a stream. Mary sits atop a donkey with her back to camera and faces right. She fords the stream and approaches the trail that emerges from the right side it. Two other people, obscured by shadow, sit atop donkeys on the near side of the stream and await their turn to cross.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 681. Mount Wilson. Winter about 1909. Elizabeth West watching her mother on a burro. Mrs H.H.West and Frances West on burro. On the trail. Frances West leading, Elizabeth West and Mrs H.H.West in rear. 3 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Riding--California--Mount Wilson
Donkeys--California--Mount Wilson
Streams--California--Mount Wilson
Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)
Trails & paths--California--Mount Wilson

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Mount Wilson

Resource type

still image