Nina Meyers, Mertie West and Glen Velzy stand in front of Sturtevant Falls, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Nina Meyers, Mertie West and Glen Velzy stand in front of Sturtevant Falls, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 4-6, 1941

Date

1941-07-04/1941-07-06

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of Nina Meyers, Mertie West and Glen Velzy standing on small rocks in front of the bottom of Sturtevant Falls near Santa Anita Canyon. A pool of water surrounds the trio. A line of rocks in the water extend from the bottom edge of the image at center towards the group. They stand on a group of small rocks that extends from center and towards the right. Nina Meyers stands leftmost and pulls on Mertie's hand as she looks to the camera. Mertie stands to the right of Nina and looks to the camera as well. Glen stands to the right of them with a pipe in one hand and his other hand to his hip as he gazes off towards the right. A rocky canyon wall stands behind them and occupies the background. Part of Sturtevant Falls cascades down the wall behind them. It splashes off of the rocks and into the pool that extends between the wall and Nina, Mertie and Glen.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1226. Santa Anita Canyon, July 4, 5 & 6, 1941. Glen Velzy's cabin, Las Casitas. 1. L to R: Nina Meyers, Mertie West, Glen Velzy. In rear yard. 2. We hike up the canyon to the falls. L to R: Nina Meyers, Mertie West, Glen Velzy. 3. At the falls. L to R. Nina Meyers. Mertie West. 4. A Boy Scout troop is camped at the falls. They are ducking one of the scouts in the pool. 5. Glen Velzy and Mertie West in front of the falls in the distance. Couple Boy Scouts beside them. 6. No burro to pack us out. We carry our own. L to R: Glen Velzy; H.H.West. 6 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits
black-and-white photographs

Names

Meyers, Nina
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951

Location

California--San Gabriel Mountains

Longitude

34.211698

Latitude

-118.019618

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pools--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Angeles National Forest (Calif.)
Waterfalls--California--San Gabriel Mountains