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Mary A. West, Frances West, Wilhelmina West and Elizabeth West pose for photograph while the traveling group experiences car trouble, Little Lake vicinity, 1915

Description:
Photograph of Mary A. West, Frances West, Wilhelmina West and Elizabeth West posing for a photograph around the group's parked automobile en route from Olancha to Little Lake. The car is viewed from the side with the front of the car facing left. Mary West sits in the front of the vehicle; the steering wheel is just to the left of her. The rest of the group gathers at the back of the vehicle. Wilhelmina West stands in the tonneau with her body turned to the right and her head turned towards the camera. Frances West is just to her left and is only partially visible as she peeks behind Wilhelmina. Elizabeth West stands on the ground in front of the rear tire and below Wilhelmina and Frances. She holds shrubbery from the surrounding landscape in her hands and looks directly to the camera. The car is laden with travel gear that is piled up on the running board near the front tire and attached to the rear of the vehicle. The group and the car are surrounded by shrubbery; brush grows in front of the side of the car. Hills occupy the background.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mary A. West, Frances West, Wilhelmina West and Elizabeth West pose for photograph while the traveling group experiences car trouble, Little Lake vicinity, 1915

Hamilton's tow car breaks down while towing H. H. West's Buick out of Willow Springs, Mojave vicinity, 1917

Description:
Photograph of the Hamilton tow car towing H. H. West's Buick from Willow Springs to Mojave. The cars travel along a dirt road that stretches on an upward angle from the lower right corner and out-of-frame at left. The Hamilton tow car sits further down the road in the near distance; it has broken down. It is viewed at an angle from the rear. Al Schmitz stands up in the back seat and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. sits up to the right of him. Both have their backs to the camera as they look towards the front of the car. A rope extends from the back end of the car and attaches to the front of H. H. West's Buick, which sits in the foreground at right. It is viewed at an angle from the side. Glen Velzy sits in the driver's seat with his back to the camera. A brush-covered landscape surrounds both sides of the road and sprawls across the background. Mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hamilton's tow car breaks down while towing H. H. West's Buick out of Willow Springs, Mojave vicinity, 1917

Fred Hamilton working on his car while Al Schmitz watches, Mojave vicinity, 1917

Description:
Photograph of Fred Hamilton working on his car while Al Schmitz stands and watches from the backseat. The car is stopped in the middle of a dirt road. It is towing H. H. West's Buick (out-of-frame) from Willow Springs to Mojave. Hamilton's car is at center and is viewed at an angle from the side and rear; it faces left. A rope extends from the rear end of the car at right and out-of-frame. Fred Hamilton stands to the side of his car near the front passenger door and faces towards the right. In the back seat, Al Schmitz stands and faces towards the left, looking down towards Fred. A brush-covered landscape stands on either side of the dirt road and extends into the distance. Mountains are barely visible in the far distance at center.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Fred Hamilton working on his car while Al Schmitz watches, Mojave vicinity, 1917

Dave F. Smith fixing his car by the roadside, Rosamond (vicinity), 1913

Description:
Photograph of Dave F. Smith fixing a loose wire under the hood of his EMF while passing through Willow Springs. Dave F. Smiths stands with his back to the camera in the near distance at center. His car is parked off to the side of a dirt road. The car is viewed at an angle from the side and the front; it faces left. Dave faces his car and reaches under the open hood of the EMF to repair it. A dirt road spans across the foreground at an upward angle from left to right. In the foreground at left, the back end of another vehicle (probably H. H. West's Buick) juts into frame. It is viewed from the side. Ground brush and trees dot the background and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Dave F. Smith fixing his car by the roadside, Rosamond (vicinity), 1913

H. H. West's Buick gets stuck in Big River, Mendocino County, 1915

Description:
An underexposed photograph of Glen Velzy and Al Schmitz helping to get H. H. West's Buick out of Big River, where it is stuck. The car is viewed from the side and faces right. The front end extends out-of-frame on the right. A couple of wooden beams create a lever and fulcrum near the rear tire. Someone sits with their back to the camera on the near end of a beam that extends out from between the spokes of the rear wheel towards the camera. Another beam in the water rests beneath it and runs perpendicularly to it. A man in shadow walks behind the rear end of the car with his back to camera. The river flows in the foreground.
Date:
1915
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West's Buick gets stuck in Big River, Mendocino County, 1915

Three cars sit in Jawbone Canyon, Kern County, 1914

Description:
Photograph of three cars parked in Jawbone Canyon. Two cars are parked in the foreground. At right, Albert Schmitz sits on the ground in front of some woman's Ford that has broken down. He attempts to fix the problem. The Ford faces directly to the camera. Its license plate reads, "CAL 80821 1914." To the left of it, H. H. West's Buick is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side; it faces right. The woman stands near the back of the car and converses with Mary A. West who is sitting in the backseat. To the right of the woman, Elizabeth (left) and Frances (right) sit on the car's running board. A third car is parked in the distance behind and to the right of the Ford. It is viewed at an angle from the back and faces to the right. A chaparral covered hill rises in the background.
Date:
1914
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Three cars sit in Jawbone Canyon, Kern County, 1914

H. H. West giving water to George Watterson for his Buick, Bishop vicinity, 1913

Description:
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.
Date:
August 1913
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West giving water to George Watterson for his Buick, Bishop vicinity, 1913

Al Schmitz sits on the river bank and looks at his Buick stuck in the river, Santa Ynez River, 1919

Description:
Photograph of Al Schmitz sitting on the river bank of the Santa Ynez River while his car sits stuck in the river. Al Schmitz sits in the near distance on the rocky bank of the river that spans the foreground. He is left-of-center and sits with his back to the camera as he removes his shoes. Gear removed from the vehicle sits in a pile to the left of him. The Buick Runabout sits at center in the river. It is viewed from the side and faces to the right. The river flows horizontally across the image beneath and behind the car. Across the river, the land slopes upward. Trees stand atop the slope at left and occupy the background at right.
Date:
July 4, 1919
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Al Schmitz sits on the river bank and looks at his Buick stuck in the river, Santa Ynez River, 1919