H. H. West and Mertie West sit beneath at tree at Glen Velzy's cabin, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West and Mertie West sit beneath at tree at Glen Velzy's cabin, 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

Notes

Description

A blurry photograph of H. H. West and Mertie West sitting in chairs beneath a tree outside Glen Velzy's cabin in Santa Anita Canyon. They sit at center in chairs. H. H. West sits leftmost and looks off towards the right. Mertie West sits at right and looks to the camera. A tree trunk rises behind and to the left of H. H. Beyond the tree, Glen Velzy's cabin stands in partial view. It enters the frame at left and extends to the center of the image. Gear sits atop a stone wall in the distance at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1225. Santa Anita Canyon, July 4, 5, & 6, 1941. 1. L to R: Mertie West. Nina Meyers. Glen Velzy sitting. 2. Glen in chair doing some mending. 3. Glen Velzy filling the coal oil lamp. 4. H. H. West with a big hat on which was a sign "Lone Ranger." 5. H.H.West and Mertie West sitting by the tree. 6. Glen Velzy and Nina Meyers sitting on the stone wall. 7. Our table under the tree in back yard. At the table are Mertie West, Nina Meyers and Glen Velzy. 7 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--San Gabriel Mountains

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Leisure--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Cabins--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Angeles National Forest (Calif.)