Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" attire, Mono County, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" attire, Mono County, 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

Group photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal dress. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
According to the caption from the negative sleeve, they stand in a row in the reverse order of what appears in the photograph. From left to right, the group is: Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 869. Rock Creek trip 1941. L to R: H.H.West and wife as Lord and Lady Raspberry. Josie Shaw as Lady Loganberry. Agnes Whitaker as Lady Gooseberry

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967

Location

California--Mono County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clothing & dress--California--Mono County
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)