Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stopping for a drink of water at Bear Flat, Trinity County, 1917

Item Overview

Title

Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stopping for a drink of water at Bear Flat, Trinity County, 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

1917

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A distant photograph, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stopping by a well at Bear Flat to get a drink of water. Harry Schmitz stands in the distance, left-of-center. He stands behind a wire fence and looks to the camera. He rests one hand up on a wooden fence post. To his right, Wilfrid Cline, Jr. hunches over the well's bucket to get a drink of water. He stands in profile facing the well immediately to the right of him. The well is a wooden shack that stands at right. It faces left. A car is parked behind Harry Schmitz. It faces forward and towards the left. In the distance, a wooden fence stretches across the image. Tall pines stand behind the fence in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1033. Trinity County trip, 1917. Bear Flat. We go from Cayton thru the pines to the McCloud River for some fishing. On the road is Bear Flat, where is a well of ice cold water. We stop to drink. Left to right: Harry Schmitz, Wilfrid Cline Jr drinking from the old bucket in the well. 1 film

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Wells--California--Trinity County
Rest stops--California--Trinity County
Shasta-Trinity National Forest (Calif.)

Names

Schmitz, Harry, 1875-1937
Cline, Wilfrid M.

Location

California--Trinity County

Resource type

still image