El Camino Sierra Garage, viewed at an angle, Bishop, 1913

Item Overview

Title

El Camino Sierra Garage, viewed at an angle, Bishop, 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 of the El Camino Sierra Garage in Bishop. The garage stands off-center towards the right. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side; it faces to the left. Shadows fall across the drive in the foreground. A car peeks out of the front of the garage at left. Signage hanging from the corner of the garage reads, "EL CAMINO SIERRA GARAGE." A couple buildings stand behind and to the left of the garage. Trees stand in the background at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1124. Smith West tour August 1913. Bishop, Calif. 1. Watterson Bros Garage at entrance to town of Bishop. 2. It was noon Sunday, and wehad [sic] lunch in a little room in some sort of a hotel. No one on street. I took this picture of the Main Street at Bishop about 1 o'clock, Sunday, about the last of August 1913. The box like affair at the right with canvas around it housed a mineral exhibit. 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Bishop

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobile service stations--California--Bishop