Wilfrid Cline, Jr. posing with a deer hide, Shasta County, 1917

Item Overview

Title

Wilfrid Cline, Jr. posing with a deer hide, Shasta 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

Photograph, of Wilfrid Cline, Jr. (right) posing with a deer hide in camp near Kosk Creek. He stands right-of-center and holds up the hide with both hands as he looks to the camera. A sheep herder that accompanied the group stands in partial view along the left edge of the image. He looks to the camera as a pipe hangs from his mouth. Camping gear lies on the ground behind Wilfrid. A tall tree stands behind them, left-of-center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1039. Trinity County trip, 1917. Kosk Creek, Shasta Co. Took us all day to get to Kosk Creek from Cayton. Broke a lot of our own trail. Got there just at dusk and John Bidwell went out with his rifle and in about 30 minutes shot a doe so we had meat in camp. Left to right, A sheep herder who was with us. Wilfrid Cline Jr. With the does's hide. 2. Next day we hunted deer and this picture shows Wilfrid Cline Jr overlooking the canyon, with Mount Shasta for a back ground. 2 small films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Cline, Wilfrid M.

Location

California--Shasta County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Hides & skins