Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stand by H. H. West's Buick at Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 1917

Item Overview

Title

Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stand by H. H. West's Buick at Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 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, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. standing near H. H. West's Buick overlooking Lake Tahoe. They stand in the near distance on the opposite side of the road. The car is left-of-center. It is viewed from the side and faces left. Harry Schmitz stands with his back to the camera at the front seat. Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stands on the far side of the car by the backseat and appears to look towards the camera; he is in partial view. A telephone pole stands behind and to the right of the car. Power lines stretch overhead. A lone pine stands behind the car at left. A building (partial view) stands at right down a slope. A sign on the building's roof reads, "TAHOE M." Lake Tahoe expands across the background and mountains rise in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1057. Trinity County trip, 1917. Lake Tahoe. 1. Small film. Harry Schmitz by the Buick on the bank of Lake Tahoe. 2. Rear of Buick with Harry Schmitz at right on the ground and Wilfrid Cline Jr in car. Lake Tahoe in rear. 3. Lake Tahoe. L to R: Harry Schmitz. Wilfrid Cline Jr. 2 large and 1 small films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
Automobiles