Someone standing by the camp stove with a plate, Trinity County, 1917

Item Overview

Title

Someone standing by the camp stove with a plate, Trinity County, 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

1917

Date

1917

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An underexposed photograph of someone in H. H. West's camping party standing over the camp stove and filling their plate with food. The person stands in shadow, left-of-center. They face the camera but stand hunched over. One hand reaches down towards a pot and the other holds a plate. The stove sits on the ground to the left of him. Tables stand in a row across the image behind him. Dining utensils sit on the tables. A pipe or branch hovers over the tables as it stretches across the image. Trees line the back side of their campsite. Beyond the trees, either a meadow or a lake sits in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1019. Trinity County trip 1917. Foster's Meadows. We went down there to hunt for deer. No deer. 1. Wilfrid Cline is helping the Sheriff pump up their bum tire. 2 films. 2. Bystle and the Sheriff's Ford with a flat tire. 3. Our camp under the trees. Some on is at the stove with a plate. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Trinity County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Outdoor cookery--California--Trinity County
Eating & drinking--California--Trinity County
Camping--California--Trinity County