William Shaw, Mertie West, Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on rocks in Pine Creek while H. H. West Jr. sits in front, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Item Overview

Title

William Shaw, Mertie West, Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on rocks in Pine Creek while H. H. West Jr. sits in front, 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

William Shaw, Mertie West, Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on rocks in Pine Creek while H. H. West Jr. sits in front. Forrest holds a hat. Agnes holds a tree branch in front of her. William and Mertie have a hand on their hips.
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: 732. Pine Creek, Calif. About 1930. 1. A group on the stream. L to R: Will Shaw, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, H. H. West Jr on the rock in front. 2. H. H. West Jr fishing in Pine Creek. 3. H. H. West Jr in camp. Film with dark end. 4. Mertie West working on the table. 5. H. H. West - with hat on - fishing in 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

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972

Location

California--Inyo County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Streams--California--Inyo County