Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Mount Whitney Lake, 1937. Three men stand facing the lake in the center. The man in the center of the group wears a small bathing suit as he places his left leg and right arm on the stump of a tree. Large coniferous trees are visible in the foreground of the image to the right and left while a rowboat can be seen floating on the lake in the center background. What appears to be a tiny island sits in the background to the right of center while a tree covered mountain is visible in the background. Photoprint reads "Ninth Annual Meeting of Mt. Whitney Area Council. Boy Scouts of America. Porterville Woman's Club. January 21, 1938. Program: To the colors -- Porterville Troop 42. Invocation -- Rev. John Gregg. Message of welcome -- Mayor Charles Cummings. Introduction of Guests -- Pres. E.R. Zumwalt. Annual Report -- Pres. E.R. Zumwalt. Motion Pictures of 1937 Camporee and Summer Camp. Presentation of citations -- Past Pres. R.I. Montgomery. Election and Installation of Officers -- Harold Shutt. Address of Evening -- Oscar Alverson. Deputy Regional Executive, Region 12. Taps. Printing Dinuba High".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm. photographic prints photographs
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