Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker stand on the dock at Uncle Tom's landing with their fishing gear, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Item Overview

Title

Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker stand on the dock at Uncle Tom's landing with their fishing gear, Big Bear Lake, 1944

Photographer

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

Date Created

September, 1944

Date

1944-09

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker standing on a dock with their fishing gear at Uncle Tom's Landing on Big Bear Lake. A small, short dock enters from the lower left corner in the foreground and extends on an angle to the right. Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker stand on the dock in the near distance, left-of-center. Wayne West stands leftmost and nearer to camera. He faces towards the right and looks towards the back of the image while holding a fishing rod. To the right of him, Forrest Whitaker stands slightly further back. He faces towards the camera and looks down at the fishing rod he holds in his hands. Behind them, their small motorized boat sits moored to the dock. A few rowboats sit anchored behind and to the left of their boat. Big Bear Lake stretches into the background behind Wayne and Forrest. Low mountains rise in the far distance at left and center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2108. Big Bear Lake, California, September 1944. 1. L to R: Wayne West, Forrest Whitaker our boat, motor and fishing equipment at Uncle Tom's landing. 2. Wayne West and his 3 trout he caught. 3. Agnes Whitaker and a mess of blue gills and crappies we caught.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965

Location

California--Big Bear Lake

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County, Calif. : Lake)
Fishing & hunting gear
Fishing--California
Rowboats--American--California--Big Bear Lake