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Title
Mrs. H. H. West (Mary A.) and Bessie McGee Velzy pose for a photograph while they eat, Sunland-Tujunga vicinity, 1912
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Photograph, from left to right, of Mary Adelbert (Teel) West and Bessie Velzy standing and eating near a parked car (partial view). Mary A. West holds a tissue in her hand at left and Bessie Velzy holds a small plate of food in both hands. Both women wear dark-colored skirts, jackets and hats. The shadow of a person's head wearing a hat can be seen on Bessie's skirt. In the background on the left, Frances Cline and Frances West stand near a parked car with the backs to the camera. Trees and mountains can also be seen in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 200. Big Tejunga [sic], Calif. 1912. Bessie McGee Velzy and Mrs H. H. West. 15 pictures of Elizabeth West, Frances West and Frances Cline playing in Big Tejunga [sic] Creek. 16 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000200_013
ark:/21198/zz002hptj4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Eating & drinking--California--Sunland-Tujunga
Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
Cline, Harriet Frances, b. 1904 or 05
Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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