Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker and Josie Shaw dining at a table on the beach, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924

Item Overview

Title

Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker and Josie Shaw dining at a table on the beach, 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, from left to right, of Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker and Josie West all dining and sitting around a table set up on the beach near Rincon Point. Mertie Whitaker sits center, nearest to camera. She sits on a stool and faces towards the right; her head is turned to look in the general direction of the camera. Edith Shaw and Josie Shaw sit behind her at the table on the left and right, respectively. Edith Shaw also faces towards the right, but turns her head towards the camera. At right, Josie Shaw looks directly to the camera. A table stands on the sand between the three of them. It is covered in a white table cloth and dining utensils. A hillside rises directly behind them.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 831. Rincon, above Ventura, Calif. About 1924. Our camp on the sand. The miner's tent was mine. Ready to eat. L to R: Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Josie Shaw. 2 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, Edith Bowen, 1901-1985

Location

California--Carpinteria

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Eating & drinking--California--Carpinteria
Beaches--California--Carpinteria