Mertie West, Glen Velzy and Nina Hiser-Meyers arriving at Glen Velzy's cabin with their pack mule, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Title: Mertie West, Glen Velzy and Nina Hiser-Meyers arriving at Glen Velzy's cabin with their pack mule, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: July 4-6, 1941
Date: 1941-07-04/1941-07-06
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Glen Velzy and Nina Hiser-Meyers posing as they and their pack mule arrive at Glen Velzy's cabin in Santa Anita Canyon. They are gathered in a small clearing. Mertie West stands on the cleared ground at left and looks to the camera. The pack mule stands to the right of her. It is laden with gear and is viewed at an angle from the side; the animal faces towards the right. In front and to the right of the mule, Glen Velzy and Nina Hiser-Meyers sit along a low rock wall. Glen leads forward and looks to the camera. Nina sits in front and to the right of Glen. She faces left and gazes off in that direction. A large rock sits in front of Nina in the lower right corner. Behind the rock, the rock wall stretches towards the center of the image. Trees line the background.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1224. Santa Anita Canyon, July 4, 5 & 6, 1941. Glen Velzy's cabin "La Casitas." Glen bought a cabin in the canyon after Gene Velzy's cabin was washed out in the big flood. Glen asked Mertie and I to go up over the Fourth, and he took alon [sic] Nina Hiser-Meyers. We drove to the Charlton flats in Glen's Buick. Then hired a burro to pack the provisions and hiked to the cabin, about 3 miles down to the creek, and up the creek. 1. Our pack train on arrival at the cabin. L to R: Mertie West, the burro, Glen Velzy [and] Nina Meyers. 2. The cabin - Las Casitas. 3. Another poor film of the cabin. 3 films

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Meyers, Nina
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951
Location: California--San Gabriel Mountains
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Pack animals--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Mules--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Angeles National Forest (Calif.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_1224_002
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hsnvq
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.