Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mel Nordlinger sitting at a table and eating while attending the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. The camera looks across a picnic table to where H. H. West and Mel Nordlinger sit. Cups, plates and food sit on the table in the foreground. On the opposite side of the table, H. H. West and Mel Nordlinger sit and are viewed from a low-angle. H. H. sits in partial view along the left edge of the frame. A medal is pinned to his lapel and he looks to the camera. Mel Nordlinger sits to his right. He looks down towards the table as he cuts his food. Another man (partial view) sits next to Mel along the right edge of the image. Tree branches hang down behind the men and in the far distance, a canyon wall stretches across the background.
Photograph of Rubber Men's Picnic attendees gathering around the water wagon to get beer from the keg. A man stands along the right edge of the image in the foreground; he gazes past the camera. Behind him, men stand clumped together to the right of the water wagon. A man stands in the near distance at center in front of the water wagon. He faces towards the left and looks down as he carries a beer. To the right of him, another man stands in front of the water wagon. He faces towards the camera and drinks a beer. The back end of the water wagon enters the image behind them at left; it is viewed from the side. The keg sits on the back end of the truck between the 2 men with beers. A man stands on the bed of the wagon and works the keg. Trees line the background.
Photograph looking down a long picnic table where Rubber Men's Picnic attendees dine. The camera looks down the table from the side. The table is centered in the image and is at its widest in the foreground along the bottom edge. It tapers as extends far into the distance. The table is strewn with cups plates and food as about a dozen men sit on each side of the table and dine. At the far end of the table and on the right, Jim Jeffries stands above the table and holds a pair of binoculars to his face as he gazes off towards the left. Trees stand in the background behind the picnic area.
A blurry photograph of Roy Garland standing in a field and drinking a beer while attending the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. Roy Garland stands at center and faces towards the left as he drinks a beer. He appears to stand at the end of a scattered line of picnic attendees that extends on an arc back and to the left. A man with a cigar in his mouth and his hands in his pockets stands behind and to the right of Roy. The field they stand in stretches towards the distance where a fence stands. Beyond the fence, a low brush-covered hill stands in the background.
Photograph of Game Warden Harry Pritchard handing out barbecue to attendees of the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. Game Warden Pritchard stands in the near distance, just left-of-center. He faces towards the left as he serves food to man standing to his left. Another man in an apron stands at far left; he faces towards the right. A man with his back to the camera stands behind and to the right of Pritchard. In the foreground, the barbecue pit sits in the ground, left-of-center. Meat cooks atop wire racks over the pit. Smoke wafts from the pit towards the lower left corner. Tall grasses extend behind the group and towards a canyon wall. The canyon wall stands in the distance and stretches on an angle across the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Webb Brain, Jim Jeffries and Bill Newerf sitting at a picnic table and eating during the Rubber Men's Picnic while George Crackel stands behind them. The picnic table extends through the image on an upward angle from the lower right corner towards left middle. It is strewn with cups and plates of food as people sit to eat. A man wearing shirtsleeves sits with his back to the camera along the left edge of the image. Webb Brain, Jim Jeffries and Bill Newerf sit in a row along the opposite side of the table. Jim Jeffries sits at center and faces slightly left. He looks down towards the left. To the left of him, Webb Brain faces towards the camera and looks down towards the table. Bill Newerf sits to the right of Jim Jeffries. He faces slightly left and looks down towards his food. George Crackel stands behind and between Jim Jeffries and Bill Newerf. He faces towards the camera as he carries multiple drink glasses. A cigar hangs from his mouth and he casts his gaze downwards. Trees stand in the distance.
