Mertie West picks plums at an abandoned property, Cloverdale, 1942

Description: Photograph of Mertie West picking plums from a tree in the yard of an abandoned property. A fence stretches from the left side of the bottom edge of the image and back towards the center of the image. On the right side of the fence, overgrown grasses extend across the foreground. In the near distance, Mertie West stands with her back to the camera and picks plums from the tree in front of her at center. On the left side of the fence is a paved drive and building. The drive extends across the foreground. The building stands further back at left and extends out-of-frame at left. A car is parked beneath a covered parking area in front of the building. In the far distance, a barn is visible behind the building.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1621. Yellowstone trip, 1942. Saturday, July 4, 1942. 1. Scenery along the Coast below Crescent City. Our car in foreground. 2. A rock alongside the road with a sign saying Black Bart and other stage robbers used to hide behind it and stop the stages. 3. A drinking fount on the road. 4. Eel River. Quite a stream. There are two men fishing in the stream. They are on the rocks about the middle of the picture. 5. Mertie West goes in an abandoned home yard at Cloverdale, Calif. and picks some plums. 5 films. [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: California--Cloverdale
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Plum trees--California--Cloverdale
Abandoned farms--California--Cloverdale
Foraging--American--California--Cloverdale

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_1621_005
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002htpnj
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.