Mary A. West, Nella A. West and Dave F. Smith standing in their campsite at Silver Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1913

Item Overview

Title

Mary A. West, Nella A. West and Dave F. Smith standing in their campsite at Silver Lake, June Lake vicinity, 1913

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 1913

Date

1913-08

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Nella A. West and Dave F. Smith standing in the near distance in their campsite at Silver Lake. Camp bedding lies on the ground in the foreground. A tree stands behind it, right-of-center, with a sack hangs from it. A canopy hangs in the upper right corner above the bedding. Nella West stands at right with her back to the camera. Dave F. Smith stands in partial view to the right of her. He faces left. Mary A. West stands further back, left-of-center. She looks towards Nella and Dave as she does some washing. A table stands to the right of her. At left, the camp stove billows smoke while 2 pots sit atop its burners. Trees line the back edge of the campsite and a mountain peeks through the trees as it rises in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1107. Smith West tour 1913. Silver Lake camp August. 1. All three standing: L to R: Mary A West. Dave F Smith. Nella A West. 2. All 3 standing bunched together. L to R: Dave F Smith. Mary A West. Nella A West. 3 and 4. Two views of Dave Smith and some of the fish we caught. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941
Smith, David Franklin, 1882-1960
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