Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West drinking from a fountain while Josie Shaw stands nearby, Independence, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

1941

Date

1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West (center) taking a drink of water from a drinking fountain and Josie Shaw (right) standing nearby in Independence, en route to Rock Creek. Mertie West hunches over a drinking fountain and takes a drink of water. Her head is down and she faces towards the left. A large rock sitting atop a concrete base serves as the fountain. It stands at center and Mertie stands behind and to the right of it. Rectangles of white have been painted on the sides of the rock. Josie Shaw stands to the right with her hands to her hips as she looks off towards the right. Behind her and Mertie, a house stands at right. Further back at left, a rundown, warehouse-like structure stands. A tree stands in the foreground at left. The trunk is painted white and plumbing fixtures hang down the side of it.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 855. Rock Creek trip, 1941. Mertie West drinking at the fountain. Josie Shaw standing at one side. This fountain was at Independence, and was a rock which had been drilled and a pipe put thru projecting a few inches above the rock, and connected to the water main. Flowed continuously.

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

Location

California--Independence

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rest stops--California--Independence
Drinking fountains--California--Independence