H. H. West, Jr. shoveling sand at Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. shoveling sand at Rincon Point, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1924]

Date

1924

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing for a photograph at the beach at Rincon Point as he digs in the sand. H. H. West, Jr. stands center and looks to the camera. With both hands, he lifts up a shovel. A pile of sand sits on the shovel's spade to the right of H. H., Jr. Ocean waves roll to the shore behind him and a couple of beachgoers play in the water behind him at left. At the top of the negative, a mirror image of, "-139," is perforated into the image.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 827. Rincon, Calif. About 1924. We went up above Ventura to Rincon Point and made camp. 5 pictures of H.H.West Jr. taken at the camp. 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

Location

California--Carpinteria

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Digging--California--Carpinteria
Capes (Coasts)--California
Beaches--California--Carpinteria