Photograph, from left to right, of Dave F. Smith, Isabelle Smith, Nella West and Mary A. West in their camp at Thompsons. Dave F. Smith sits to the left at a small table. He faces towards the camera as he dines and tilts his head downward. Isabelle Smith crouches down at center and to the left of the camp stove. She appears to be cooking and faces towards the right. Pots and pans sit atop the stove and on the ground near Isabelle. Nella West stands behind the stove and looks off towards the left. Mary A. West stands at right, in profile, and looks down to the left towards Isabelle and the stove. Trees stand along the back edge of the camp at right and a small hill rises behind the camp at left.
Photograph of H. H. West's Buick and Dave F. Smith's EMF parked in tandem along the aqueduct road by Owens Lake. The dirt road passes through the image on a curve. It enters frame at left, juts out towards center before curving back to the left and disappearing behind the cars and a mound. H. H. West's Buick is parked nearest to the camera and Dave F. Smith's EMF is behind it. They are both viewed at an angle from the front and face left. Someone (Nella West?) sits in the back seat of the Buick and reads a newspaper. Dave and Isabelle Smith sit in the front seat of their EMF and look out towards the right. Someone (Mary A. West?) stands by the right side of the EMF with their back towards the camera. Large rocks lie in the dirt off to the side of the road in the foreground at right. A rocky, earthen mound stands on the left side of the road behind the cars. Silhouetted mountains rise in the distance at right.
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.
Photograph, from front to back, of Mary A. West and Nella West taking a break during a roadside stop along the aqueduct road by Owens Lake. Mary A. West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and holds a pair of binoculars. She is only visible from the torso up and faces towards the right. Behind her and to the left, H. H. West's Buick is parked on the dirt road. It is in partial view and is seen at an angle from the side. The car faces left and the front end extends out of the left edge of the frame. The driver's door swings open. Nella West sits in the backseat and holds up a newspaper. She faces left and is obscured by the newspaper. The dirt road extends back towards the right from behind the car. A rocky, earthen mound stands parallel on the far side of the road behind the car. A sliver of a mountain is visible in the far distance at right.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Samuel Fales and Nella A. West standing outside the bathhouse at Fales Hot Springs. A hot spring sits in the foreground. It is adjacent to the bathhouse on its left edge. A fence encloses the spring on the right. The bathhouse extends at an angle from left to right and recedes as it approaches the right. Mary A. West stands at center and faces right. The bathhouse and spring meet behind Mary at left. Samuel Fales stands ahead of Mary to the right. He faces right and rests a hand against a windowsill of the bathhouse. Nella West walks at far right along the side of the bathhouse. Her back is to the camera. A hillside rises in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of Nella West, Mary West and Isabelle Smith stopped along the road overlooking Lake Tahoe. Nella West and Mary West sit in H. H. West's Buick in the foreground. The car is viewed from the side from above; it faces right. H. H. West's monogram ("H. H. W.") is imprinted on the car door. Nella West sits in the backseat at left and looks towards Lake Tahoe in the distance. Mary A. West sits in the front passenger seat and faces right. Isabelle Smith stands outside the far side of the car at right. She faces towards the camera. Lake Tahoe stretches across the image beyond them. Mountains rise from the opposite shore in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of Isabelle Smith, Mary A. West and Nella West gathered around their cars as they stop to cool the cars' engines. Isabelle Smith and Mary West stand in the middle of the road at center and next to the cars. They both turn and face towards the car at right where Nella sits. The road stretches on an upward angle from the right to left in the foreground. The cars are parked on the far side of the road. Nella sits in the rightmost car. Another car is parked ahead of it, left-of-center. Both cars face towards the left. A large tree stands behind the leftmost car. A mountainside rises in the far distance at left.
Photograph of Dave F. Smith kneeling by his EMF to fix a flat tire while Mary A. West watches. The EMF is parked in partial view on the right. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side. The front of the car extends beyond the right edge of the frame. Dave F. Smith kneels on the ground behind the back of the car; his back is to the camera. Mary West stands just off the side of the road at far left; she looks to the camera. A dirt road stretches across the image behind her and the car. A field stretches into the distance at left and a mountainside rises at right.
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.
Photograph, from left to right, of Nella West, Mary A. West, Isabelle Smith and David F. Smith standing around their campsite at the foot of the Jolon grade. The women stand in the near distance, gathered around the ashy remnants of a small campfire. Nella West stands left-of-center and leans over the campfire and faces to the right. She turns her head to look to the camera. Mary A. West and Isabelle Smith stand behind and to the right of her; both look to the camera. Dave Smith stands behind and to the right of them. He looks to the camera while leaning against the front end of a parked car. The car is viewed at an angle from the front and it faces slightly left. Camping gear sits on the ground in front of David Smith and the car. Another car is parked off the side of the road at left. The car faces right and is partial view; it is parked behind Nella and Mary West. A road extends into the distance at far left. Trees and brush stand on the hillsides that span the background.
A bird's-eye view looking down, from left to right, on Nella West, Mary West and Isabelle Smith stopped by the shore of Lake Tahoe and overlooking the lake. Nella West and Mary West sit in H. H. West's Buick, which is viewed from above. The car is at center and is viewed at a slight angle from the side and the front; it faces right. Nella sits leftmost in the backseat and Mary sits in the front seat. The Buick is parked behind another car which extends out of frame at right. A dirt road passes across the image on the far side of the car. Beyond the road, the shore lines Lake Tahoe. Isabelle Smith stands on the right side of the shore. She faces towards the lake as she looks across Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe stretches into the distance and mountains can be seen rising from the opposite shore.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Nella A. West and Dave F. Smith standing in the near distance in their campsite at Silver Lake. Camp bedding lies on the ground in the foreground. A tree stands behind it, right-of-center, with a sack hangs from it. A canopy hangs in the upper right corner above the bedding. Nella West stands at right with her back to the camera. Dave F. Smith stands in partial view to the right of her. He faces left. Mary A. West stands further back, left-of-center. She looks towards Nella and Dave as she does some washing. A table stands to the right of her. At left, the camp stove billows smoke while 2 pots sit atop its burners. Trees line the back edge of the campsite and a mountain peeks through the trees as it rises in the far distance.
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.
An underexposed and shadowy photograph of Mary A. West and Dave F. Smith standing in the near distance at a table in their campsite at Silver Lake. In the foreground, a tree stands along the right edge of the frame and in front of the camp. The camp stove sits on the ground behind and to the left of the tree. It billows smoke. Mary A. West and Dave F. Smith stand at center, behind the stove, with their backs towards the camera. They stand at a table and are covered in shadow. The camp extends to the left of them. Trees stand in the distance.
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.
According to the negative sleeve, this photograph was taken in 1915. All other photographs from the "Smith West tour" are dated 1913. The date for this photograph has been provided by the cataloger to reflect this.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West and Nella A. West riding in H. H. West's Buick as it travels along a dirt road that winds through the pine trees. The car is stopped on the road at center. It is viewed at an angle from the side and the rear; it faces towards the left. Its license plate reads, "Z5306 CAL." Mary sits leftmost in the front seat and faces left. Nella sits at right, behind Mary, and turns to look to the camera. The trunk of a tree stands in the foreground along the left edge of the frame. Tall pines stand behind the car and line the road at right. The road winds into the distance along the left side of the image.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West and Nella A. West sitting in H. H. West's Buick, which is parked on a dirt road that runs along Lake Tahoe. The lake road spans across the foreground. H. H. West's Buick is parked at center. It is viewed at a slight angle from the side and from slightly below; it faces left. H. H. West's monogram ("H. H. W.") is imprinted on the rear passenger door. Mary A. West sits in the front seat at left. She faces left but looks to the camera. Nella West sits in the back seat behind Mary. She too faces left and looks to the camera. Pines stand on the far side of the road behind them.
Distant photograph, from left to right, of Mary A. West, Isabelle Smith and Dave F. Smith standing in the middle of a dirt road near a waterfall that flows down an adjacent cliffside. The road stretches from left to right and recedes as it approaches the right. Mary A. West stands in the road, left-of-center. She stands in profile and faces right. Isabelle Smith stands behind her and to the right of Mary. She looks to camera as she rests a hand to her hip. Dave Smith stands to the right of them at center. He faces the camera and rests his hands to his hips. Behind him Bridal Veil Falls cascades down the cliffside at center. The cliffside occupies the background.
Photograph of H. H. West giving water to George Watterson on the side of a road, while Mary West and Nella West watch from H. H. West's Buick. George Watterson's Buick (left) and H. H. West's Buick (right) are parked on a dirt road in the near distance. The cars face towards each other; Watterson's Buick faces right and H. H.'s Buick faces left. The road they sit on runs at an upward angle from right to left. Low brush covers the ground in the foreground. H. H. West stands in the distance, left-of-center, and holds a large bag of water. He fills another bag of water being held be George Watterson who stands to his left. At far right, Mary A. West and Nella West sit in H. H.'s Buick; Mary is in the front seat and Nella is in the backseat. Their backs are to the camera. Mountains rise in the distance.
Photograph of Mary A. West and Isabelle Smith walking down a set of tracks to the general store in Mono Mills. The 2 women walk in line along the railroad tracks in the near distance. Their backs are to camera as the walk towards the store in the distance. The tracks stretch across the image on an upward angle from lower left to the right. A pine tree stands along the left edge of the image on the left side of the tracks. Pine cones litter the ground beneath the tree. The tracks bisect brush covered ground as they approach the store. The store stands, right-of-center, and is viewed from the front and the side. Additional buildings stand further back at left and right. Several trees stand behind the store at right. Mountains rise in the far distance at left.
Distant and underexposed photograph, from left to right, of Nella West(?) and Mary West standing near the cooking gear in camp at Silver Lake. The shaded clearing stretches across the foreground. Nella(?) and Mary stand, right-of-center, near their cooking gear. Trees line the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Dave F. West, Isabelle West, Nella West and Mary A. West gather by their cars which are parked in front of the south wall of Sutter's Fort. Sutter's Fort stands in the distance on the opposite side of the street. Ivy covers the wall as it stretches across the image. A drive leads away from the entry to the fort (left-of-center) and towards the cars parked in the mid-ground. Dave Smith and his wife, Isabelle are by their car at left; it faces right. Nella West and Mary A. West are by H. H. West's Buick at right; it too faces right. The cars are partially obscured by tall grasses that occupy the foreground.