Winnie Scott posing with a string of fish, Los Padres National Forest vicinity, about 1917

Item Overview

Title

Winnie Scott 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]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Winnie Scott standing on the bank of Piru Creek and holding up a string of fish. Winnie Scott stands at right on the rocky bank of the creek. He faces towards the camera while holding a string of fish at left and a fishing rod at right, which angles across his body. A couple dozen fish hang from the string that Winnie holds. The string extends to the left towards a large twisting tree branch at left. The branch extends from the left and out over Winnies's head. The creek flows behind him. A cliffside rises from the opposite bank in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 735. Piru Creek, Calif. Near Billy Smitt's cabin. About 1917. 1. L to R: Cleo Swain. Winnie Scott. Mills Helen. 2. 2 pictures of Winnie Scott with the fish from the Piru. 3 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

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

Names

Scott, Winnie

Location

California--Los Padres National Forest

Resource type

still image