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 of Leon T. Shettler smoking a cigar as he sits and turns to look to the camera while he attends the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. Leon Shettler sits at center. He turns his upper body towards the left as he tries to look to the camera; he looks off to the left. Another man (partial view) sits next to Leon along the right edge of the image; his back is to the camera. A table is visible just beyond Leon and the other man. Other attendees stands in the area. A man stands directly behind Leon and is obscured from view by him. Another man stands behind and to the left of Leon. He faces towards the camera as he holds a cigar and gazes off towards the right. Two other men stand behind this man with the cigar and turn their backs towards the camera. A tree stands beyond this group, left-of-center. A canyon wall stretches across 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 Jim Jeffries addressing the attendees of the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. Jim Jeffries stands at center, elevated above a crowd of men in the distance. He is viewed from back in the crowd; dozens of attendees stand between Jeffries and the camera with their backs to the camera. Jim Jeffries faces towards the camera as he speaks. Behind him, a tree stands to the left. A canyon wall stretches across the background in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of Clarence McCabe, Franz O. Nelson and Harry I. Pritchard standing in a row and looking away from the camera while attending the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. The trio stands in an angled row at center. Clarence McCabe is leftmost and stands furthest from the camera. He rests his hands to his hips and looks towards the left. At center, Franz O. Nelson stands with crossed arms and looks to the left as well. Harry Pritchard stands rightmost and nearest to camera. He stands in profile, facing left, but looks back into the distance. A shovel lies on the ground directly behind Clarence and Franz. Flatware lies on the ground behind and to the left of Clarence. Tall grasses stretch behind the men and beyond that, a canyon wall spans through the background.
A blurry photograph of Game Warden Harry Pritchard and 4 others cooking around a barbecue pit at the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. The barbecue pit sits on the ground in the near distance at center. Harry Pritchard stands on the left side of the pit, nearest to camera. He faces towards the right while pointing towards the center of the pit. A man in an apron walks behind him towards the right. Three others assist in preparing the barbecue. One stands on the far side of the pit at center. He faces forward as he bends over the pit. The other two stand at right. The man nearest the camera at right does not wear an apron. The man behind him wears an apron and carries a tray of food; both face towards the left. Smoke wafts upward from the pit. Behind the barbecue pit, a long table or series of tables extends horizontally behind the men preparing the barbecue. Beyond the tables, attendees of the picnic mill about and mingle.
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.
A shaky photograph of Vincent Loos standing over a table and helping to prepare barbecue at the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. A table juts into the image from the right. Vincent Loos stands, leftof-center, to the left of the table's corner. He wears an apron and faces towards the right. Vincent hunches over a tray of meat that sits on the table. Cooking trays and utensils sit atop the table. Sacks, crates and pots sit on the ground beneath the table and next to Vincent. Another person stands behind and to the left of Vincent, along the left edge of the image and mostly out-of-frame. A tree branch hangs down from the upper left corner. A canyon wall stretches across the background on an angle towards the right.
Photograph of a handwritten sign on cloth stretched between 2 sticks standing in front of a tree at the Rubber Men's Picnic held in Santa Monica Canyon. The sign stands at center, it reads, "This is The House of Prestolite That Works By Day, goes Out At Night. iT starts You cussin give it a Rest. And work off your lights on Light Guy West." A tree stands directly behind the sign. It rises out of the ground at right and extends on an upward angle to the left and out-of-frame along the top edge. A man (partial view) sits in front of the tree and to the right of the sign along the right edge of the image. In the distance at left, a few men stand in a clearing, 2 of them are at a table. A cliff face rises behind them.
Photograph of Joe Pike climbing a pole while attending the Rubber Men's Picnic in Santa Monica Canyon. The pole rises, left-of-center, vertically through the image. Joe Pike holds onto the pole about midway up and looks to the camera. Tall trees stand behind him at right and a tree covered hillside stands in the far distance at left.
A blurry photograph of some Rubber Men's Picnic attendees sitting atop the water wagon in Santa Monica Canyon. The wagon sits in partial view in the near distance, right-of-center. It is viewed from the side and extends out-of-frame at right. Affixed to the side of the wagon is a sign that reads, "Water Wagon RUBBER MAN'S PICNIC. Woodill Auto Co. INC. 6th and Los Angeles Sts." A man stands on the ground to the left of the sign and looks to the camera. Three men sit atop the upper rail of the wagon. One man sits above and to the left of the sign and smokes a cigar. The other two sit to the right of the sign. The man to the immediate right of the sign looks to the camera and the man at far right looks off towards the right. Tall grasses stretch across the ground behind the wagon at left and trees occupy the rest of the background.
A blurry photograph of Roy Forsythe and Joe Pike standing with other Rubber Men's Picnic attendees as they gather around to look at something. Joe Pike stands at center and faces towards the camera. He wears a vest and casts his gaze downwards. Roy Forsythe stands second from left. He laughs while facing towards the right and looking in the same direction as Joe Pike. A man (partial view) stands along the left edge of the image with his back to the camera; he partially obscures Roy. Another man stands between and slightly behind Roy and Joe. Three other men stand huddled in the foreground at right. A man in a vest has his back to the camera. The man at right faces towards the left and a third man stands behind the two in front. Trees are visible in the distance behind the group of men.
