Mills Helen posing with a string of fish, Los Padres National Forest vicinity, about 1917

Item Overview

Title

Mills Helen posing with a string of fish, Los Padres National Forest vicinity, about 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1917]

Date

1917

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mills Helen standing on the bank of Piru Creek and holding up a string of fish. Mills Helen stands at far right on the rocky bank of the creek. He wears a hat low on his head while holding a string of fish to the left and a fishing rod at right. A couple dozen fish hang from the string that Mills holds. The string extends to the left towards a large twisting tree branch at left. The branch extends from the left and out over Mills' head. The creek flows behind him. A cliffside rises from the opposite bank in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 734. Piru Creek, Calif. Near Billy Smitt's cabin. We drove my Buick right down by the Piru. Party was H.H.West, Cleo Swain and Winnie Scott of the Western Rubber and Supply Co., and Mills Helen a friend of Swains. About 1917. 1. H.H.West with string of trout from Piru. 2. Cleo Swain washing the kettles at bank of Piru Creek. 3. Cleo Swain with pot fixing up a meal. 4. Eating lunch. L to R: Winnie Scott seated. Swain standing. Mills Helen at right seated. 5. Mills Helen with hat on with our string of fish. 5 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Helen, Mills

Location

California--Los Padres National Forest

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Los Padres National Forest (Calif.)
Fishing--California
Fish--California
Streams--California--Los Padres National Forest