H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of the miner's tent, San Francisquito Canyon, about 1923

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of the miner's tent, San Francisquito Canyon, about 1923

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1923]

Date

1923

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. posing in front of the group's miner's tent that stands in the near distance at San Francisquito Canyon in Santa Clarita. H. H. West, Jr. stands close to the camera at left. He rests his hands to his hips and tilts his head to the left as he looks to the camera. Across the grass that stretches behind him, a miner's tent stands at right, behind H. H., Jr. and next to his arm. Trees stand to the right of the tent and its branches hover over the tent in the near distance at right. A mountain rises in the background at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1175. San Francisquito Canyon about 1923. I take Ambrose Cline, H.H.West Jr and our Japanese house boy to the canyon to camp out for a night. 1. H.H.West Jr, with our miner's tent in rear. 2. Ambrose Cline with chaps and cowboy suit, with tent in rear. 3. Keyo the Jap [sic] boy, with tent in rear. 4. 5. 6. 7. Two vertical and two horizontal films of Keyo, Ambrose Cline and H.H.West Jr. 7 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

California--San Francisquito Canyon

Resource type

still image

Subjects

San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.)
Camping--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Tents--California--San Francisquito Canyon