Photograph, from left to right, of Irene Schmitz, Frances West, Chester Schmitz and Elizabeth West posing in a clearing in their campsite at Silver Lake. The 4 children stand right-of-center, in a row and hold hands. All look to the camera; Elizabeth West frowns. Behind and to the left of Irene, the camp stove sits on the ground. A pot sits atop one of the stove's burners. Clothes and towels hang over downed tree branches at left. Tall grasses line the back edge of the campsite. A mountain rises in the background.
Photograph of a stream near Silver Lake flowing through the wilderness. A wooden plank functions as barrier on the left bank of the stream. It extends from the lower left corner towards the center. A pool from a waterfall (out-of-frame, right) sits in the lower right corner; the stream is at its widest here and narrows as it flows towards the left. The pool spills over a small waterfall and then flows into the distance at left. A jagged boulder stands on the stream's bank at right in the near distance. Trees stand in the background along the bank.
According to the caption form the negative sleeve, the children, from left to right are: Irene Schmitz, Frances West and Chester Schmitz. They are all misidentified, the children in the photograph from left to right are: Elizabeth West, Chester Schmitz, Frances West and Irene Schmitz.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Chester Schmitz and Kate A. Schmitz in their campsite near Silver Lake. Mary A. West sits nearest the camera at center. She is sitting on the ground, facing right, but turns her head to look to the camera as she rests a hand down to the ground behind her. Pieces of fabric lie about the patch of grassy ground that surrounds Mary. Behind her, a few pots and pans sit on the ground. Further behind her at right, Kate A. Schmitz appears to be washing a pot while Chester Schmitz sits in front of her. A sliver of a stream is visible along the right edge of the frame. Behind Mary and to the left, the camp stove stands; it is viewed from the side. A tent (partial view) and a pile of branches sit even further behind Mary on the left. A mountainside occupies the far distance.
Photograph of a mountain rising from the far bank of Silver Lake. A rocky shoreline extends on a slight angle along the bottom edge of the frame. Silver Lake stretches into the mid-ground from the shore. In the distance, a mountain rises at center from the opposite bank of Silver Lake. A vertical, white band obscures a third of the image at right.
Photograph of a mountain rising from the far side of Silver Lake. Tall grasses cover the foreground. Trees stand along the left and right edges of the image, creating a natural frame. Silver Lake sits in the mid-ground, partially obscured by the foliage. In the distance, a mountain rises at center from the opposite bank of Silver Lake.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Dave F. Smith and Nella A. West standing around their campsite nestled among aspen trees at Silver Lake. Mary A. West stands at left and closest to the camera. She faces right, but turns her head towards the camera. Dave F. Smith stands behind and to the right of her. He faces right and looks downward towards a fire pit on the ground. Nella West stands at center, behind and to the right of Dave F. Smith. She faces towards the camera. The smokestack from the camp stove rises directly in front of her. The group stands around a camp stove at center and a fire pit behind and to the left of the stove. Behind them, the camp stands. Four aspen trees stand behind Dave F. Smith and Nella A. West. Clothes hang from a line between the trees at left and a canopy stretches between the trees at right. A tent stands in the background at right. The camp clearing is surrounded by trees.
A poorly exposed photograph of Dave F. Smith standing in camp at Silver Lake. He stands left-of-center, facing the camera. He places his hands in his pockets. His head is in shadow and is not clearly visible. Two women sit in front and to the right of him. They are near the lower right corner. One bends over and the other turns her head to look at her. The camp stove sits in the background, right-of-center. The camp clearing stretches across the image on an upward angle from left to right. Beyond the clearing, the rest of the image is swathed in shadow and underexposed.