Location: California--Independence - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of Chet Edgell standing in his and H. H. West's camp near Division Creek. Their campsite is hidden behind a pipeline that runs horizontally across the image. Chet stands at the campsite at center. He is partially obscured by a pipeline in front of him. A stove pipe and tent are partially visible in the campsite. A pile of rocks stands in front of the pipeline. A wooden plank leans against the pile of rocks. The rest of the campsite is surrounded by trees.
Date:: 1916
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Mertie West (center) taking a drink of water from a drinking fountain and Josie Shaw (right) standing nearby in Independence, en route to Rock Creek. Mertie West hunches over a drinking fountain and takes a drink of water. Her head is down and she faces towards the left. A large rock sitting atop a concrete base serves as the fountain. It stands at center and Mertie stands behind and to the right of it. Rectangles of white have been painted on the sides of the rock. Josie Shaw stands to the right with her hands to her hips as she looks off towards the right. Behind her and Mertie, a house stands at right. Further back at left, a rundown, warehouse-like structure stands. A tree stands in the foreground at left. The trunk is painted white and plumbing fixtures hang down the side of it.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Forrest Whitaker and Perl Guptill standing to the side of Forrest's Ford and discussing baits en route to rock creek. Forrest Whitaker stands left-of-center, facing to the right and turning his head to speak with Perl to his right. He stands to the right of an open car door as he props his foot on the car's running board. To his right, Perl stands next to the rear passenger door; he holds a pipe to his mouth and rests his other hand on the door's handle. He stands in profile, facing left to converse with Forrest. The car (partial view) is parked behind them. It is viewed from the side and faces towards the left. A rundown building stands in the background at left.
Date:: 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West and company's campsite at the base of a mountainside near Bullfrog Lake in what is now designated as Kings Canyon National Park. Two members of the group stand off to the left within the campsite. Their gear is strewn across the ground and surrounding rocks. A few trees are interspersed among the rocks. The mountainside is visible between a gap in the trees at right.
Date:: [circa 1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: A blurry photograph of H. H. West and company's campsite near Bullfrog Lake at the base of a mountainside. A couple of men mill about the site in the near distance at center. Some gear appears to be strewn across the ground around them. Then men and their gear blend into the landscape. A tree with an upward-arcing limb juts out into the foreground at right. Behind it stands a large boulder. Other trees and boulders dot the ground at the base of the mountainside that rises behind the campsite.
Date:: [circa 1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of two men riding horseback and leading a packtrain of several horses out from Independence as they embark for the High Sierras. They lead their pack train through a dirt street in Independence. The men are at center. They look to the camera as they lead their horses towards the right. Horses laden with gear and supplies follow behind them on the left. A building obscured by trees stands behind them. A sign painted onto a fence(?) at the back of the building reads, "LE[V]I STRAUSS."
Date:: 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a snow-covered mountain in the distance near Scotty's Springs, taken during a trip to Division Creek. Low brush covers the ground in the foreground. A utility pole stands at left in front of a hillside.
Date:: 1916
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a burlap cooler standing in a small stream (maybe Division Creek division). A bank of the the stream stretches across the foreground. Beyond it flows the stream. A plank of wood at right stretches from the bank in the foreground, across the stream and over to the far bank. Behind and to the left of the plank, a burlap cooler sits in the stream, left-of-center, abutting the opposite bank. Trees line the background.
Date:: 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a halfway house between Independence and Big Pine viewed at an angle. The rundown abode stands in the near distance, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the side and the front; it faces towards the right. What looks to be a trough sits in the yard at left in front of the house. A drive stretches out from the front of the house towards the right. Two cars are parked at the far side of the driveway at right. Both face the camera. Trees stand near the right side of the house.
Date:: 1914
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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