Forrest Whitaker, H. H. West and Wayne West sit in a boat on Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Lake, 1945

Item Overview

Title

Forrest Whitaker, H. H. West and Wayne West sit in a boat on Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Lake, 1945

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 8-22, 1945

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Forrest Whitaker, H. H. West and Wayne West sitting in a boat on the bank of Big Bear Lake. A rocky shoreline weaves across the bottom edge of the image. In the near distance, right-of-center, a boat occupied by Forrest Whitaker, H. H. West and Wayne West is moored. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. Its identifying marker reads, "Big Bear 68." The men sit in a row nearer to the back of the boat. Forrest Whitaker sits furthest back and leftmost; H. H. West sits at center; and Wayne West sits nearest to camera and rightmost. Forrest and H. H. look to the camera. Wayne sits facing left and holds a fishing rod over the left side of the boat. Big Bear Lake sprawls behind them. Pines line the far bank and low mountains rise in the far distance behind the trees.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2138. Big Bear Lake. Stillwell's Camp. Sept.8 to 22, 1945. 1. Forrest Whitaker in the boat with his put put motor. 2. Left to right: Forrest Whitaker, H.H.West, Wayne West. 3. Wayne West sawing off branches of cedar which obstructed view from cabin. 4 and 5. Two views of Wayne and his flat tir[e]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County, Calif. : Lake)
Fishing--California
Boats--American--California--Big Bear Lake

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965

Location

California--Big Bear Lake

Resource type

still image