Al Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stand in their campsite along Taboose Creek, Big Pine vicinity, about 1917

Item Overview

Title

Al Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stand in their campsite along Taboose Creek, Big Pine vicinity, about 1917

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1917]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Al Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. in their camp set up somewhere along Taboose Creek. In the near distance at right, Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stands with a rifle in front of the camp tent and looks to the camera. In front of him, a piece of canvas lies on the ground. Pots and pans sit on the ground to his left. In the near distance at left, Al Schmitz stands in front of the camp stove with his back to the camera. He appears to look downward as he raises a foot off the ground. The camp stove sits on the ground to the right of him and to the left of the pots and pans. Low trees and brush line the back edge of the camp in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1255. Taboose Creek, about 1917. We camped right beside the creek on the road, in a sort of grove of black acacia trees. The Party was Glen Velzy, Al Schmitz, Wilfrid Cline Jr & H.H.West. 1. 2. Our camp. Two views. Wilfrid Cline Jr with the rifle. A.B.Schmitz. 3. Al Schmtiz sits down over the little culvert carrying Taboose creek under the road, and fishes down between the brushy banks and gets trout. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Stoves
Tents--California--Big Pine
Outdoor cookery--California--Big Pine
Camping--California--Big Pine

Names

Cline, Wilfrid M.
Schmitz, Albert B., 1871-1948

Location

California--Big Pine

Resource type

still image