Mary A. West, Samuel Fales and Nella A. West standing outside the bathhouse at Fales Hot Springs, Mono County, 1913

Item Overview

Title

Mary A. West, Samuel Fales and Nella A. West standing outside the bathhouse at Fales Hot Springs, Mono County, 1913

Photographer

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

Date

1913

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Samuel Fales and Nella A. West standing outside the bathhouse at Fales Hot Springs. A hot spring sits in the foreground. It is adjacent to the bathhouse on its left edge. A fence encloses the spring on the right. The bathhouse extends at an angle from left to right and recedes as it approaches the right. Mary A. West stands at center and faces right. The bathhouse and spring meet behind Mary at left. Samuel Fales stands ahead of Mary to the right. He faces right and rests a hand against a windowsill of the bathhouse. Nella West walks at far right along the side of the bathhouse. Her back is to the camera. A hillside rises in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1100. Smith West tour 1913. Fale's Hot Springs. 1. Our cars in the yard at Fale's. 2. The Hot Springs by side of the old bath house. L to R: Mrs Mary A West, Old Man Fale, Nella A West. 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Fales, Samuel, b. 1828 or 29-1933
West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Mono County

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Springs--California--Mono County
Bathhouses--California--Mono County