Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Photographer

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

Date Created

About 1930

Date

1930

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast. Mertie wears a hairnet. Agnes wears a visor and an apron. There is a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the table, along with plate, cups, and other items on the table. In the background, a bucket hangs from a tree that also has a mirror and a box hanging on it.
Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Forrest Whitaker was her brother and Agnes was Forrest's wife. William Shaw was Mertie and Forrest's brother-in-law.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 730. Pine Creek, Calif. About 1930. L to R: H. H. West Jr., Mertie West and H. H. West. 2. H. H. West Jr and Forrest Whitaker at breakfast. 3. L to R: Agnes Whitaker. Mertie West, Forrest Whitaker and Will Shaw at breakfast. 4. Another picture same as No. 3. 5. L to R: Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West, Will Shaw beside Pine Creek. 5 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960

Location

California--Inyo County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Camping--California--Inyo County