Josie Shaw sits on a rock and reads, Mono County, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Josie Shaw sits on a rock and reads, Mono County, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

1941

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Josie Shaw sitting on a rock in the wilderness and reading a magazine in the vicinity of Rock Creek. Josie Shaw sits left-of-center on a rock and faces towards the right. She looks down to magazine that she holds in her lap. Josie sits atop a blanket on the rock. A pillow lies on the rock to the left of her. A folding chair sits in the foreground in front of her and to the right. Behind and to the right of Josie, a sheet covers a shrub. She is surrounded by rocks on the ground in the foreground. Trees and chaparral stretch into the distance behind her.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 864. Rock Creek trip 1941. Josie Shaw sitting on her favorite rock reading.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)
Leisure--California--Mono County
Reading--California--Mono County
Camping--California--Mono County

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956

Location

California--Mono County

Resource type

still image