Albert Schmitz hiking the trail along Agnew Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Item Overview

Title

Albert Schmitz hiking the trail along Agnew Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1914

Photographer

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

Date Created

1914

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Distant photograph of Albert Schmitz standing near the trail that tracks alongside Agnew Lake. Scrub brush stands in the foreground at left and center. A rocky trail runs alongside it at right. Beyond the brush, Albert Schmitz stands in the near distance and looks to the camera. Agnew Lake sits behind him at the base of a mountainside. In the distance at left, a mountain rises. A waterfall at right cascades down a mountainside and into Lake Agnew.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1078. Silver Lake trip 1914. Silver Lake. 1 & 2 2 views of the falls above the upper end of the lake. 3. Al Schmitz and I hike up above the falls. Snowed on us in August. A view across Silver Lake to the west side where a stream came clear down the mountain to Silver Lake. 4. The lake above the falls of Silver Lake. It is either Agnew or Gem. Water may be seen flowing into it from the upper end from another lake above. We had poor fishing here. 5. On the trail between the two lakes abo [sic] above Silver Lake. You can see Al Schmitz's head just past the bush in the center. It commenced to snow. 5 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)
Mountains--California
Hiking--California--Inyo National Forest
Landscapes (Representations)
Lakes & ponds--California--June Lake

Names

Schmitz, Albert B., 1871-1948

Location

California--June Lake

Longitude

37.758178

Latitude

-119.132768

Resource type

still image