Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker launching their boat from the wharf, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker launching their boat from the wharf, Big Bear Lake, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

May, 1948

Date

1948-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker sitting in their boat as they launch from the wharf and into Big Bear Lake. The hull of another boat sits in partial view along the bottom edge in the foreground. Behind it, in the near distance at left, the boat occupied by Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker enters frame from the left. It appears to sit on a ramp as it angles into the water from the left. Mertie West stands towards the front of the boat at left. She is in profile, facing right. Ahead of her, Agnes Whitaker sits at center. She casts her gaze downwards as she shifts supplies around the boat. At the boat's stern, Forrest Whitaker sits. He faces slightly right and tinkers with the boat's motor. Beyond them, Big Bear Lake stretches across the image and into the distance. Silhouetted mountains rise from the opposite shore. Opaque, wide, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2384. Big Bear Lake May 1948 1. En route. At Gas Station in San Bdno. L to R: Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker - and the boat 2. 2 films front and rear of the 3. Whitaker cabin at Talmage [sic] and Lake View Blvd. 4. Launching the boat at the wharf. L to R: Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker. 5. No fish, and too cold to stay out Mertie West (L) and Agnes Whitaker (R) head for the house. 6. We visit Al and Elizabeth Siemsen near Gray's Camp. Their cabin in the rocks. L to R: Elizabeth Siemsen, Al Siemsen, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, Forrest Whitaker.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

California--Big Bear Lake

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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