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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mertie West was H. H. West's wife. Forrest Whitaker was Mertie's brother and Agnes Whitaker was Forrest's wife. Abraham Whitaker was Mertie's father. Forrest Whitaker, Abraham Whitaker, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West and another woman at a campsite. Abraham Whitaker and two of the women stand at a table. There are two cars at the left and trees in the background. What may be a camp stove is at the center. H. H. West's shadow is in the foreground. Text from negative sleeve: 104. Independence, California 1929. We drove into Independence about 1 or 2 a.m. and went out just east of town a few hundred yards and made our beds for a short sleep. These 2 photos taken the next morning as we were getting breakfast. Our Chandler car and Forrest Whitaker with Willys Knight. In party A. Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and wife. H. H. West and wife. H. H. West Jr. 2 negatives.
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