Ambrose Line and H. H. West, Jr. pose at the beach, Topanga, about 1922

Item Overview

Title

Ambrose Line and H. H. West, Jr. pose at the beach, Topanga, about 1922

Photographer

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

Date Created

[circa 1922]

Date

1922

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. standing on the beach in Topanga. Both boys stand at center with both hands to their hips. At left, Ambrose faces forward but glances to the left. To his right, H. H. West, Jr. also faces towards the camera, but he casts his gaze upwards. Tents stand on the beach behind them. Brush-covered mountains rise in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1301. Topango [sic] about 1922. 1. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr - at this end of a raft in lagoon. 2. H.H.West Jr sitting in rear of a little canvas canoe. 3. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr in the water in the lagoon. 4. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr. 5. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West [handwritten:] ,JR. [end handwritten] Sitting down behind the concrete wall eating a pie they had been given. 5 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, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Cline, Ambrose, 1915-1997

Location

California--Topanga

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Beaches--California--Topanga
Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.)