Ambrose Cline, H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo posing in front of tall brush, San Francisquito Canyon, about 1923

Item Overview

Title

Ambrose Cline, H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo posing in front of tall brush, San Francisquito Canyon, about 1923

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1923]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline, H. H. West, Jr. and Keyo posing while standing in front of some tall brush in San Francisquito Canyon in Santa Clarita. The trio stands left-of-center and all look to the camera. Ambrose Cline stands leftmost and is dressed in cowboy attire. H. H. West, Jr. stands to the right of him. Keyo stands behind H. H., Jr. He rests a hand to the shoulders of Ambrose and H. H., Jr. Tall brush stands directly behind them. A hillside rises in the background at right.

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
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.)

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Keyo
Cline, Ambrose, 1915-1997

Location

California--San Francisquito Canyon

Resource type

still image