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Tents pitched at the Schmitz, Scullin and West party campsite near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Distant view of the the Schmitz, Scullin and West party campsite. 4 tents stand in the distance. The tent on the left is obscured by a parked automobile. A large tree extends out of frame behind the large, white tent pitched on the right. A hillside occupies the background.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Tents pitched at the Schmitz, Scullin and West party campsite near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Edward Steinberg cooks fish near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Photograph of Edward Steinberg cooking up a piece of fish at the group's campsite. He stands center, in profile and facing left. To his left, a small portable stove with a stove pipe sits balanced atop rocks. His upper body is bent over the stove. His left arm is bent with the back of his hand resting on his hip. With this right hand, he holds a (fork?) to lift a fish from the pan sitting atop the stove. To the left of him, pans and buckets sit on rocks and shelves. In the background at right, a tented dining area is set up. A car is parked on the far right and a large piece of canvas stretches over the car towards Edward. The tent is additionally supported by ropes and long sticks functioning as posts. Beneath the tent and in front of the car, a man sips from a cup while sitting at a table. Plates and cups sit on the table. A small shelf stands at the end of the table and holds boxes and cans. A bench is visible in front of the table.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Edward Steinberg cooks fish near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Frances West, Elizabeth West and Ted McClellan hang about the group's campsite, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances West, Ted McClellan and Elizabeth West hanging around the campsite near the base of a mountainside. Frances and Elizabeth stand at center and to the right of the back end of a vehicle. Frances stands closest to the car and looks down at something in her hands. Elizabeth stands to the right of Frances. She wears a bonnet and holds a fishing rod. Her other hand rests on her hip. A pot sits on the ground in front of her. The girls stand behind about 15 fish hanging from string. The string is attached to the car at left, is supported by a stick at center and continues out of the photograph at right. Ted McClellan stands behind and between the girls in the near distance. He leans against the driver's side of another car and looks downward. He wears a hat and holds a strap in his hands. A child (maybe Ted McClellan's son) stands to the left and behind Frances with his back to camera. Mountains rise in the background. A person's shadow enters the image at the bottom of the photograph on the left. A white blur cuts through the shadow.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances West, Elizabeth West and Ted McClellan hang about the group's campsite, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Convict Lake and mountain, viewed from the lakeshore, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph of Convict Lake with mountains standing in the background beyond the opposite bank. The shore of the lake stretches on an angle from the lower left up towards the right. The opposite bank extends on a horizontal about halfway up the image. From the opposite bank, a mountain rises at center.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Convict Lake and mountain, viewed from the lakeshore, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

H. H. West posing with trout, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1922

Description:
A lopsided photograph of H. H. West posing with trout caught from Sherwin Creek. H. H. West stands at center and appears to lean to the left. He looks off to the left as he holds out a stick in front of him with both hands from which 5 trout hang from their mouths. The stick is skewered through the mouths of the trout. Tall brush stands behind and to the right of H. H. West. A pine stands in the distance, left-of-center.
Date:
[circa 1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West posing with trout, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1922

H. H. West holds his gun and poses with the limit of sage hen, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
H. H. West stands just right-of-center behind a boulder. His right leg is propped up on the boulder. He rests his right hand to his right leg. In his left hand, he holds the barrel of his rifle with the butt of the gun resting on the boulder. H. H. looks off to the right and wears a hat and suspenders. In front of him, 4 dead sage hen (grouse) lie in a row atop the boulder in the foreground. A hillside rises in the background at right. Ground brush expands into the distance behind him.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West holds his gun and poses with the limit of sage hen, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

H. H. West holds a string of trout while Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan watch, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
At right, H. H. West holds the end of a string of trout and cigar while he looks to the camera. He stands in front of a boulder. The string extends to the left side of the image. In the center, about fifteen total trout hang from the string. A stick standing left-of-center supports the string of trout. The string is attached to a parked car near the rear tire. Frances West, Elizabeth West and Ted McClellan stand in line extending back from behind the stick. The girls wear similar printed dresses with bonnets and all three face the general direction of H. H. A car that faces left is parked behind and to the left of them. A mountain rises in the background at left.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West holds a string of trout while Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan watch, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek. Mrs. West wears a floral dress. Mrs. Whitaker leans on a tree, and Mr. Whitaker sits on a bed. There is a tent at the left. There are pots and pans in the foreground and trees in the background.
Date:
August 29 to September 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and Forrest and Agnes Whitaker stand in their campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Edward Steinberg holds a pan over the camp stove, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Edward Steinberg poses for a photograph while he bends over the camp stove holding a pan. The stove sits on the ground in front of him and the stove pipe rises to the left of him. He holds a pan just over the stove. A kettle sits on the ground to the left of the stove. At right, a cart or wagon (partial view) is parked. A sheet covers the tire and a lantern hangs in the corner of the wagon. A low table extends from behind Edward towards the wagon. Someone stands at the end of the wagon and bends over the table. A box on the ground behind Edward and in front of the wagon reads, "SNOWFLAKE SODAS [...?]." Additional camp gear sits on the ground at right.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Edward Steinberg holds a pan over the camp stove, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Conrad Scullin and Edward Steinberg cook on the camp stove, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Conrad Scullin and Edward Steinberg cooking over the stove at the West, Schmitz and Scullin party's camp near Convict Lake. The stove sits at far left with the stovepipe extending upwards along the left edge of the photograph. Conrad Scullin stands to the right of the stove and is bent over a pan that sits on the stove top. He holds a cooking utensil over the pan and looks to the camera. Edward Steinberg faces left as he bends over to place a pine cone underneath the stove. In the background at left, a tent is pitched like a tipi. At right, a small table with cups and plates on it stands in front of a parked car (partial view). The driver's side of the car faces the camera.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Conrad Scullin and Edward Steinberg cook on the camp stove, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Edward Steinberg looks at a stove near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Photograph of Edward Steinberg crouching on the ground and keeping an eye on the camp stove. He is crouched down on the right, in profile and facing left. To his left, a small portable stove with a stove pipe sits balanced atop rocks. A pan sits on the stove. A table extends horizontally behind the stove and Edward. Pots, pans and a tablecloth sit atop the table. At right, the corner of a tent extends into the frame above Edward. It is supported by ropes and a stick functioning as a post. A canteen hangs from the post.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Edward Steinberg looks at a stove near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Mary West, Minnie West, Bessie Velzy, Frances West and Elizabeth West around their camp near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Mary West, Minnie West, Bessie Velzy, Frances West and Elizabeth West standing and sitting around their campsite near Convict Lake. Mary sits on a small camp chair, back towards the camera, and turns her head to look towards the camera. Minnie stands to the right and slightly in front of Mary. She stands in profile with her arms crossed and her head turned to look to camera. Bessie Velzy sits in the distance and to the right of Minnie. An arm rests on her leg and the other arm is around Frances West who stands at her right side. At far right, Elizabeth stands square to camera with her hands in her coat pockets. A young boy stands obscured behind her elbow on the left. The space between everyone is cluttered with camping supplies. A table covered in cloth, plates and cups stands behind and to the left of Elizabeth. Pots rest on rocks between Minnie and Bessie. A pot sits at the bottom of the photograph at center. A few coniferous-looking trees stand behind the group on the left. In the distance at center, Mount Morrison stands.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary West, Minnie West, Bessie Velzy, Frances West and Elizabeth West around their camp near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Mary A. West, Minnie West, Elizabeth West and Frances West pose for a photograph while stopped in front of a barn, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1915

Description:
The Wests pose for a photograph near their car that is pulled off the side of the road and parked in front of a barn. Mary A. West holds a package in her arm and leans against the open door of the car. Minnie and Elizabeth west sit in the tonneau and turn their heads towards the camera. Minnie sits closest to the camera and Elizabeth sits closest to the barn. Well in front of the car, Frances West stands in the middle of the dirt road and looks towards the camera while she holds something in her hands. The car is oriented so that the left side and the back of the car are visible to the camera. Supplies hang strapped to the back of the car. A large barn (partial view) stands behind the car on the right. The roof slants downward from the right corner towards the center of the image. A fenced area extends off the side of the barn on the left.
Date:
circa 1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary A. West, Minnie West, Elizabeth West and Frances West pose for a photograph while stopped in front of a barn, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1915

Elizabeth West and Minnie West sit a table under a tree, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West and Minnie West sitting at a table in camp near Convict Lake. They sit at center with the table to the right. Elizabeth sits slightly away from the table with her back to camera; she holds something to her mouth and turns her head to look towards the camera. Minnie West sits a little behind her at the table. She faces right and scratches her head. To the right of them stands the table; it is covered in a table cloth and cups and plates rest upon it. A couple of vacant camp chairs are around the table. A boulder sits in front of the foot of a large tree to the left of Elizabeth and Minnie. Additional camp supplies are strewn around the boulder. At lower left, the shadow of someone out-of-frame enters the frame and extends at an angle towards the right. A large stick lies on the ground in front of Elizabeth. Behind the camp is a line of trees. Beyond the trees, a couple of mountains stand in the background in the right and left corners.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West and Minnie West sit a table under a tree, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Bessie Velzy, Elizabeth West, Minnie West and Frances West enjoy Whitmore Tub, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph, from left to right of Bessie Velzy, Elizabeth West, Minnie West and Frances West at Whitmore Tub (hot spring). Bessie sits in a crouched position with her arms across her legs. She wears a hat, knit cardigan and long skirt. Her body faces towards the right. Behind her, a wooden pallet lies in the grass. Elizabeth West sits behind and below Bessie Velzy. She is mostly obscured by Bessie's knee and is only visible from the nose up; she wears a knit hat. Next to Elizabeth, Minnie sits at the spring's edge with her legs dangling in the water. Frances stands in the spring with her pants rolled up and her hands on her hips as she looks to the camera. The hot spring occupies the lower right portion of the photograph. It is surrounded by tall grasses. A few low hills stand in the background.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Bessie Velzy, Elizabeth West, Minnie West and Frances West enjoy Whitmore Tub, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party wash dishes, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
A couple members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party stand over a folding table as they wash dishes. The man on the left holds a wash rag in his hands to clean an object; he faces right. The man standing on the right side of the table is in profile and faces left. A pipe hangs from his mouth and he holds a plate over a bucket that sits on the table. Behind the table, a man leans against the rear fender of a car parked in the background. In the lower right corner, Conrad Scullin sits on the ground with another man sitting to his right. A stovepipe stands in the foreground at left. A car (partial view) is parked in the background with the driver's side facing the camera.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party wash dishes, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

West, Schmitz and Sculling camping party fishes in Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
The West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party fishes on the west (or upper end) of Convict lake near where Convict Creek enters the lake. Two men sit with their backs to camera on the rocky shore nearest to camera and three more men sit on a rocky shore in the distance. The two men in the foreground sit on the shore and face the lake, which extends to the right. The man at left wears a bucket hat and suspenders. The man at right sits with a bag next to his left hip. At left, a basket and fishing rod sit on the rocks. Beyond this duo, three men sit in the distance and face right towards the lake. Two men are visible to the left of the man in suspenders in the foreground and the other is visible to his right. A mountain rises from the lake's far bank in the distance.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
West, Schmitz and Sculling camping party fishes in Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Mary A. West, Nella A. West, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle West stand in a group by a shack at a hot spring, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Description:
Distant view of Mary A. West, Nella West, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle Smith standing together in a group near a hut that stands over the hot springs at Casa Diablo Hot Springs. The 4 members of the Smith-West tour stand in a clump in the distance, left-of-center. To the right of them, at center, stands a small wooden shack propped up on rocks. A small stream flows beneath the hut and towards the camera. If flows out-of-frame at right. Behind the hut another structure stands and smoke or steam billows from an opening at the top of it. Mountains stand in the far distance.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary A. West, Nella A. West, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle West stand in a group by a shack at a hot spring, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party gathered around their campsite near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Description:
Five members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party are gathered around their campsite near Convict Lake and cook up food. At left, a man stands and looks to camera with a towel or rag slung over his shoulder. To his right, a man smokes a cigar as he is crouched down near the stove that sits on the ground to his right. He tends to a pan on the stove top. Another man (maybe Jim Scullin) sits to the right of the stove. He looks to camera as he crouches down and holds a pan to the stove. The stove's stovepipe rises between them. Conrad Scullin stands behind the stove and to the right of the stovepipe. Standing on the far right, another man poses while holding a pan in one hand and a cigar in the other. Behind him, a tent stands. Mountains rise in the background.
Date:
1918
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Members of the West, Schmitz and Scullin camping party gathered around their campsite near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1918

Elizabeth West and Bessie Velzy stand in the Velzy's outdoor sleeping quarters near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West and Bessie Velzy standing beneath a corner the canopy that covers the Velzy's sleeping quarters. They stand on the left side of the image between two trees and face to the left. The canopy stretched above them is anchored to the ground to the left of Elizabeth, a tree at center and to rocks to the right. Under the canopy, a bed sits low to the ground to the right of Bessie and extends behind her to the right. On the right, boulders are in a pile. Clothes lie and hang around the campsite. Jackets hang from the tree at center, a shirt hangs off the right side of the canopy, clothes lie on the rocks and a shirt hangs from tree branches in the upper right corner. A person's shadow is in the lower left corner.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West and Bessie Velzy stand in the Velzy's outdoor sleeping quarters near Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Frances West, Minnie West and Elizabeth West pose with H. H. West's limit of sage hen, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances West, Minnie West and Elizabeth West standing behind a low boulder and posing for a photograph with H. H. West's limit (4) of sage hen. Both girls stand on either side of Minnie and wear similar onesies. Frances holds a shotgun by the barrel in her right hand. The gun's butt rests on the boulder in front of her. Minnie stands center and wears a hat. Elizabeth wears a bow in her hair. 4 dead sage hen lie on the boulder in front of them. A hill rises in the background on the right and ground brush extends into the distance behind the trio.
Date:
September 2, 1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances West, Minnie West and Elizabeth West pose with H. H. West's limit of sage hen, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Charlie Stavnow fishes in Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1920

Description:
A blurry photograph of Charlie Stavnow either kneeling or wading through the tall grasses that line the bank of Convict Creek to fish for trout. He is in profile right-of-center and faces towards the left. The creek winds from the upper left side of the image, juts out to the right and then winds down to the lower left corner. Charles is on the right of the creek. An open, grassy meadow stretches behind Stavnow and the creek towards snow-covered mountains that rise at center and left.
Date:
[circa 1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Charlie Stavnow fishes in Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1920

H. H. West and Velzy families camp at Convict lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Description:
Photograph of 7 people in the H. H. West and Glen Velzy families at a camp at Convict lake with 3 automobiles and 2 tents in view in a rocky landscape with low-growing plants and mountains in the distance. A boy stands in front of the central tend and 4 of the women wear white bonnets.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West and Velzy families camp at Convict lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Description:
Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother, and Agnes Whitaker was his wife. The kitchen is covered with an awning. There is a table surrounded by chairs, along with a counter that is lined with canned foods and topped with various kitchen supplies. There is a large log in the foreground.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, and Forrest Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Elizabeth West, Ted McClellan's son and Frances West pose for a photograph near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes Vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West, Ted McClellan's boy and Frances West posing for a photograph while standing next to a car near Convict Lake. All three wear onesies. Elizabeth stands holding a stick in one hand and a round object in the other. She also wears a bow in her hair. A canteen is slung over the shoulder of Ted McClellan's boy and hangs at his waist. He holds a round object in one of his hands. Frances holds a stick with a line attached to it. The stick extends above her head. To the right of the group, a car (partial view) is parked with the front end of the car facing forward.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Elizabeth West, Ted McClellan's son and Frances West pose for a photograph near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes Vicinity, 1915

Glen Velzy handles trout at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Glen Velzy stands in profile on the far right and faces left. He grasps an unknown object in his left hand. With his right hand, he holds a string or line that extends in front of him towards the left. At center, trout dangle from the line held by Glen Velzy. The line is propped up with a stick that has been split. Several fish hang from a string on the right side of the stick and five hang on the left side of the stick. Behind the fish and to the left, Velzy's Buick is parked and the rear end is visible. A trunk sits up on the back of the car and a few spare tires sit on the ground leaning against the back end of the car. Behind Glen on the right, Elizabeth West, Frances West and Ted McClellan's son stand with their backs to the camera. They stand to the side of and face another parked car. A large tree stands on the left behind the Buick. In the near distance, trees stand in the background at right, and in the far distance mountains rise in the background.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Glen Velzy handles trout at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Minnie West stands by a tent at camp near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Minnie West stands right-of-center at the camp site and holds a tent's flap. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera. The tent stands to the right of her and extends outside the frame. Behind her, a table, camping gear and a car sit in the background. In the immediate foreground, the shadow of someone's torso and head enters the image from the bottom edge. At left, a stick protrudes from the brush and a string connects from the top of the stick to the tent. Behind the stick, the trunk of a large tree stands among the shrubs. A mountainside occupies the background in the far distance.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Minnie West stands by a tent at camp near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

McClellan, West, Stavnow and Velzy party camp set up at the foot of a big tree near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lake vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph of the McClellan, West, Stavnow and Velzy party campsite which sits at the foot of a large tree that stands in the center of the image. To the left of the tree, there are two tents. In front of and to the right of the tree, the group's three cars are parked. A man changes a tire on the car that sits parked in front of the central tree. A young boy stands left of him and looks on. Spare tires lean against the rear tire of the automobile. A woman (possibly Minnie West) walks through camp behind the same automobile. She stands between one of the tents and the large tree. To the left, a girl (possibly Elizabeth West) stands between the two tents. Trees run horizontally along the back edge of the campsite. Beyond the trees, two large mountains rise from center towards the left and right.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
McClellan, West, Stavnow and Velzy party camp set up at the foot of a big tree near Convict Lake, Mammoth Lake vicinity, 1915

Dave F. Smith, Isabelle Smith, Nella West and Mary A. West visiting an old log cabin, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Description:
Distant view, from left to right, of Dave F. Smith, Isabelle Smith, Nella West and Mary A. West posing by their cars outside a log cabin near Casa Diablo Hot Springs. A patch of grassy land stretches across the foreground. A dirt road runs behind it. Dave F. West sits leftmost in his EMF with Isabelle sitting to his right. They both look towards the camera. The car is in partial view. It is viewed from the side and faces right. H. H. West's Buick is parked behind and ahead of it. It too is viewed from the side and faces right. Nella West stands behind the hood of the car and looks to the camera. Mary A. West stands rightmost. She stands to the right of the front of the Buick and looks to the camera. Mary and Nella also stand in front of the far left side of the old log cabin. The cabin stands right of center on the far side of the dirt road. Its stone chimney stands at right and begins to topple slightly. A painted sign rises above the far left side of the cabin. The sign reads, "46 MILES TO [???]SEY's [?????] AND [???? ???] SHOE SHOP BISHOP." A tree-covered hillside rises in the distance.
Date:
Augsut 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith, Isabelle Smith, Nella West and Mary A. West visiting an old log cabin, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Nella West, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle Smith riding in their cars as they leave Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Description:
Photograph looking back towards Mammoth from the cars. Mammoth is viewed looking behind the cars and towards the town as the Smith-West party departs. In the foreground, Nella West sits at center in the backseat of H. H. West's Buick; she looks to the camera. Following behind her, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle Smith sit in the driver's and front passenger's seat, respectively, of their EMF. The EMF faces towards the camera. A dirt road extends into the distance at center behind the Smiths. A fence lines the road on the left. The town of Mammoth stands in the distance at center. A few buildings are visible. Tree-covered hills stand in the background and a mountain rises in the distance at right.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Nella West, Dave F. Smith and Isabelle Smith riding in their cars as they leave Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Dave F. Smith's EMF parked outside a barn, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Description:
Photograph of Dave F. Smith's EMF parked in front of a barn near Mammoth Lakes, which stands in the distance. In the foreground, the interior of another car is visible. What looks to be the back of a car seat is in the lower left corner. Dave F. Smith's EMF is parked just behind it. His car (partial view) is viewed at an angle from the side and faces left. The front end of the car extends beyond the left frame. A water bag hangs from the side of the car near the front seat. A roll of bedding sits in the backseat. A pigeon is perched atop the bedding. Standing further back at left, a barn stands. It is viewed from the side. A sign on the right side of the building reads, "SPERRY FLOUR." Trees line the background and mountains stand in the far distance.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith's EMF parked outside a barn, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Dave F. Smith, Mary A. West and Nella West standing in the campsite among the pines, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Description:
Distant and slightly blurred photograph, from left to right of, Dave F. Smith, Mary A. West and Nella West standing in their campsite among the pine trees at Mammoth. The trunk of a tree stands in the foreground along right edge of the image. A small tree stands along the left edge of the frame. In a clearing, Dave F. Smith, Mary A. West and Nella West stand in the shadows of the trees in their campsite. They all look towards the camera and stand in front of a table. Trees occupy the background.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith, Mary A. West and Nella West standing in the campsite among the pines, Mammoth Lakes, 1913

Mertie West, Edith Shaw, and Agnes Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Description:
Mertie West, Edith Shaw, and Agnes Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake. The women are washing and drying dishes. The kitchen is covered by an awning. There are cans of food and coffee on the shelves, as well as a milk crate, a lamp, and other objects.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Edith Shaw, and Agnes Whitaker next to a temporary camping kitchen at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1929

Gravestone for John Anderson lying in the ground near Casa Diablo Hot Springs, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Description:
Photograph of a single, rectangular gravestone for John Anderson lying in the ground surrounded by nothing but ground brush. The grave lies at center. It reads, "JOHN ANDERSON 1862 - 1904." Three symbols are engraved on the bottom line of the stone. Ground covered in low brush sprawls into the distance.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Gravestone for John Anderson lying in the ground near Casa Diablo Hot Springs, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1913

Campsite near Hilton Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1920

Description:
Photograph of the West-Schmitz-Stavnow-Cole party campsite near Hilton Creek. The campsite is bounded by boulders on the left and H. H. West's Cadillac on the right. A tarpaulin stretches between the rocks and the car. A member of the camping party kneels on the ground by the camp stove in front of the boulders just left-of-center. Charles Stavnow stands at right in front of the Cadillac with his back to the camera. The Cadillac is viewed from the front. In the distance at center and right, 2 snow-covered mountains rise.
Date:
[circa 1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Campsite near Hilton Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1920

Velzy's campsite pitched alongside Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph of the Velzy's sleeping quarters, pitched alongside Convict Creek. The "bedroom" is situated at the center of the photograph. It is open on the sides and is covered by a canopy. The canopy over the site is anchored to the ground and propped up with a large stick on the leftmost corner, tied with string around a tree at center and anchored to rocks at right. Under the canopy, a bed sits low to the ground and extends from the open side of the "bedroom" on the left towards the rocks at right. On the right, boulders are in a pile. Clothes lie and hang around the campsite. Jackets hang from the tree at center, a shirt hangs off the right side of the canopy, clothes lie on the rocks and a shirt hangs from tree branches in the upper right corner. A person's shadow is cast in the lower left corner.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Velzy's campsite pitched alongside Convict Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1915