Mary A. West and Chester Schmitz near the camp stove, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Item Overview

Title

Mary A. West and Chester Schmitz near the camp stove, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

1914

Date

1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mary A. West standing over a cooking pot and Chester Schmitz sitting by the stream in camp during a trip to Silver Lake. Mary A. West stands, left-of-center, in the near distance and slightly obscured by shrubbery to her left. She looks down as she seems to wash clothing in a pot. To her right, Chester Schmitz sits with his back to the camera. In the foreground, a pile of broken sticks sits at center. Behind and to the right of it, the camp stove sits on the ground with 2 pots sitting on its burners. A rack stands to the immediate right of it. Tall grasses line the back edge of the camp and mountains rise in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1072. Silver Lake trip 1914. 1. Silver Lake uspoiled [sic] as it was then. 2. Ice cold stream coming into Silver lake from east, where we made camp. Swell place. 3. Our camp in the Aspens. 4. Our camp in the Aspens. Al Schmitz walking into the camp. 5. Our stove, with Mrs Mary A. West. Chester Schmitz sitting on bank of the little stream. 6. Our camp with Mrs Mary A West. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Schmitz, Chester Smith, 1910-1977
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--June Lake

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Stoves
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)
Camping--California--June Lake
Outdoor cookery--California--June Lake