Bessie Velzy has a picnic with Mary West and West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, Lake Elsinor, 1909

Item Overview

Title

Bessie Velzy has a picnic with Mary West and West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, Lake Elsinor, 1909

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 4, 1909

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mary West (Mary Adelbert Teel West Shepard) was H. H. West's first wife and the mother of his children.
Bessie Velzy has a picnic with Mary West and West's daughters, Elizabeth and Frances. Frances wears a bonnet at the left. Elizabeth is next to her. Mrs. Velzy is next, and Mrs. West is in the foreground holding up a small strainer. Mrs. Velzy holds a shaker. There is an open suitcase in front of Mrs. West. There is a checked picnic blanket in the middle. There are trees all around.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1145. Velzy West tour 1909. Elsinore, Calif. 1, 2 and 3. Three pictures of Bess Velzy, Mary A West, Elizabeth West and Frances West eating lunch in the park at Elsinore. Think this was July 4, 1909. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Picnics--California--Lake Elsinore

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--Lake Elsinore

Resource type

still image