Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker walk by a rest stop, Little Lake, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker walk by a rest stop, Little Lake, 1940

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 29 to September 7, 1940

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Agnes Whitaker was Mertie's sister-in-law.
Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker walk by a rest stop. Both women hold their purses under their arms. Mrs. West wears a headband and glasses. Mrs. Whitaker wears a flat hat and she looks at the camera. The building behind them has a stone façade and pillars in front, as well as a wooden pergola. The sign hanging on it reads, "Little Lake café." There are two doors at the side of the building with crates piled up on the ground. There is a metal canister at the right of the door next to a metal locker and a large, wooden box. There is a tree behind the wooden box. In the background, there is a car parked by a building that has a sign on top reading, "Standard Oil products."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1286. Tom's Place, Rock Creek, trip. Little Lake. August 29, 1940 to September 7, inclusive. H. H. West and wife. Forrest Whitaker and wife. Vacation on Rock Creek a quarter mile above Tom's Place. 1. The trailer on behind Forrest Whitaker's car, at Little Lake, Calif. 2. The building in which we had breakfast at Little Lake. L to R: Mertie West. Agnes Whitaker. 3. The S. P. R. R. depot at Little Lake. On a previous trip thru here I had laid down on the platform of this little depot and slept a few hours early one morning. 3 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Rest stops--California--Little Lake

Names

Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Little Lake

Resource type

still image