Wilfrid Cline, Jr. and Harry Schmitz standing by a road sign and H. H. West's Buick, Cisco, 1917

Item Overview

Title

Wilfrid Cline, Jr. and Harry Schmitz standing by a road sign and H. H. West's Buick, Cisco, 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

1917

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Wilfrid Cline, Jr. and Harry Schmitz standing by the side of the road with H. H. West's Buick and a road sign. Both stand with their hands to their hips as they look to the camera. Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stands at left and Harry Schmitz stands to the right of him. They stand along the edge of a dirt road that stretches across the foreground at an angle. To the right of Harry, a road sign stands. It reads, "LINCOLN L HIGHWAY CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSN." H. H. West's car sits parked behind them at center. It is viewed at a slight angle from the side; it faces right. Trees occupy the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1060. Trinity County trip, 1917. Cisco, Calif. It got dark while we were coming down the grade from Summit to Cisco. Could look over side of car and see water far below. The grade was a shelf. Cold and windy. Stopped and camped at first flat spot. On the sand under some big willows. All night long the engines roared up the grade in the show sheds above us. Ground shook. Next morning found a sign close by saying Cisco 1 mile, and pointed up thru the pines toward the sheds. We went up and found a fine depot and eating room and had fine breakfast. 1. Small film. Our camp at Cisco. Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline Jr in front of car. 2. L to R: Wilfrid Cline Jr and Harry Schmit [sic]. 2. L to R: Harry Schmitz & Wilfrid Cline Jr. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Traffic signs & signals--California--Cisco
Automobiles--American--California--Cisco

Names

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

Location

California--Cisco

Resource type

still image