Otto Schmitz, Elmer Cole and Charles Stavnow taking a meal in their campsite, Los Padres National Forest, about 1915

Item Overview

Title

Otto Schmitz, Elmer Cole and Charles Stavnow taking a meal in their campsite, Los Padres National Forest, about 1915

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1915]

Date

1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Otto Schmitz, Charles Stavnow and Elmer Cole eating and cooking in their campsite near Piru Creek. Situated nearest to camera, Elmer Cole sits on a rock at right. He holds a cup in one hand and with the other attends to a pan at center. He looks towards the pan. Otto Schmitz and Charles Stavnow both kneel in the background to the left of Elmer Cole. Otto Schmitz kneels at left. He faces right as he lifts a cup to his mouth. Charles Stavnow kneels behind Elmer's outstretched arm. He faces slightly towards the right and looks down at the food in his hands. The group's food supplies and cooking utensils sit on the ground surrounding Elmer Cole. Their tent and a shadow jut into the image along the left edge. A hillside covered in chaparral stands in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 737. Piru Creek, Calif. About 1915. L to R. Otto Schmitz. Chas Stavnow and Elmer Cole.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Schmitz, Otto E., 1869 or 70-1939
Stavnow, Charles Ashworth, 1868-1947
Cole, Elmer

Location

California--Los Padres National Forest

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Los Padres National Forest (Calif.)
Camping--California--Los Padres National Forest
Outdoor cookery--California--Los Padres National Forest
Eating & drinking--California--Los Padres National Forest