Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand on the wharf upon arrival in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw stand on the wharf upon arrival in Avalon, Avalon, 1948

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 7, 1948

Date

1948-08-07

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus and poorly-exposed photograph, from left to right, of: Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Dode (Sarah) Witherby, Mertie West, Will Witherby, Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw and Will Shaw standing on the wharf upon their arrival in Avalon. The group stands in a row across the foreground. All face camera, except for Everett Shaw, Dode Witherby and Will Witherby. Everett Shaw wears a white jacket and stands leftmost with his back to camera. Dode Witherby stands with her back to camera in the gap between Frieda Shaw and Mertie West. Behind and to the right of Mertie, Will Witherby stands; he is obscured by Mertie. A young woman and man walk towards camera to the right of the group. A mast stretches across the image from the left, passing above the West's traveling party. At the back edge of the wharf in the background, a ship is moored. It is viewed close-up from the side, extending beyond the side edges of the frame.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2397. Catalina Island trip Aug.7, 1948. 1. Walking up the gang plank when leaving Avalon: Right to Left: Mrs H.H.West. Hannah Lockwood Will Witherby all alone 2. Another view of the gang plank. N.G. 3. Arrival at Avalon: Left to right: Frieda Shaw, Dode Witherby, Mertie West. Will Witherby hid behind Mertie. Hannah Lockwood, Zetta Witherby, Josie Shaw, Will Shaw. Everett Shaw is at extreme left, white coat and back to Camera.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Witherby, Sarah Josephine, 1876-1968
Shaw, Frieda Fehrenschild, 1908-2002
Lockwood, Hannah Marie, 1875-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, Everett, 1906-1996
Witherby, William M., 1874-1962

Location

California--Avalon

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Ships--American--California--Avalon
Piers & wharves--California--Avalon
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)
Sightseers--California--Avalon
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Avalon