Glen Velzy, Frances West, Elizabeth West, Mary A. West and Bessie Velzy gathered in their campsite, San Gabriel Canyon, about 1915

Item Overview

Title

Glen Velzy, Frances West, Elizabeth West, Mary A. West and Bessie Velzy gathered in their campsite, San Gabriel Canyon, about 1915

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1915]

Date

1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Glen Velzy, Frances West, Elizabeth West, Mary A. West and Bessie Velzy in their camp in San Gabriel Canyon. Glen Velzy stands at left. He holds 2 buckets as he looks to the camera. Frances stands to the right of him. She faces left and looks down as she reaches for one of the buckets Glen holds. Elizabeth West stands to the right of Frances. She faces towards the camera, but looks towards Frances as she rests a hand to her hip. A trunk sits on the sandy ground to the right of Elizabeth. Behind the trunk, Bessie Velzy sits. She faces towards the left and looks up towards Glen and the West girls. Mary A. West sits in the background behind and to the right of Elizabeth. She faces forward and looks towards the scene as she works on embroidery. Sandy ground stretches across the foreground and a thicket of trees line the back edge of their campsite.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1186. San Gabriel Canyon about 1915. Glen Velzy, wife, and H.H.West family go up San Gabriel canyon one Saturday afternoon just to camp over Sunday. 1. L to R: Glen Velzy. Frances West. Elizabeth West. Mary A West. Bessie McGee Velzy. 2. Glen Velzy cooking. Frances West carrying a pail. Elizabeth West in rear. 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966
Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960

Location

California--San Gabriel Canyon

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pails
Camping--California--San Gabriel Canyon
San Gabriel Canyon (Calif.)