Glen Velzy walking over to help Al Schmitz fix a flat tire, Mendocino County vicinity, 1915

Item Overview

Title

Glen Velzy walking over to help Al Schmitz fix a flat tire, Mendocino County 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 of Glen Velzy (left) walking toward Al Schmitz (right), who is pumping air into a flat tire on his brother Ray's Buick Runabout during a trip through Mendocino County. Glen glances back to camera as he walks to his right towards Al. Al stands center and faces right. The car is stopped in the road to his right. Al stands at the passenger-side rear tire and holds an air pump while bracing it to the ground with his foot. The side of the car extends to the right and the front of the car extends beyond the frame. The road stretches back towards the left. Houses and fences line the far side of the road. A large tree stands in the background right-of-center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 690. Mendocino County trip 1915. On the road. L to R: Al Schmitz. Glen Velzy. Mrs H.H.West in my Buick. L to R: Glen Velzy and Bessie McGee Velzy by Glen's Buick. Along the road. Al Schmitz by the cars. My Buick alongside the road waiting for the others. Elizabeth West by the car. Al Schmitz has a flat tire. Glen Velzy coming to his assistance. Al working with his flat tire on Ray's runabout Buick. 6 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
Schmitz, Albert B., 1871-1948

Location

California--Mendocino County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobiles--American--California--Mendocino County
Automobile repair--California--Mendocino County
Flat tires