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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West, H. H. West, Jr. and Mertie West as they pose for an informal group photograph in front of a pile of tree branches at the Big Pines (Boy) Scout Camp. H. H. looks away from the camera to the left while he rests his hand on his hip and holds a cigar. H. H. Jr. stands between H. H. Sr. and Mertie in his Boy Scout uniform. He rests one arm on Mertie's shoulder and looks up towards the left. Mertie smiles to the camera. In the background to the right of Mertie, a man stands next to a parked car and beyond that, a cabin is tucked into the background. Large trees line the background. H. H. West, Jr. would have been about 16 in 1933. He looks younger than that in this photograph. Text from negative sleeve: 231 Big Pines Scout Camp 1933 Committeeman Van Horn on his Holland Electric Co. truck who hauled boys and baggage to the camp. Jackson Lake at camp. A man is fishing. The Show Boat on Jackson Lake. Left to right: Ed Saxton, Scoutmaster Forrest Whitaker Mertie West. Left to right: H.H.West. H.H.West Jr. Mertie West. Harry Lawrence and some scout [handwritten:] (Otto Pease) washing their clothes. 6 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000231_005 ark:/21198/zz002hpxdh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Guides & scouts--California Camps--California--Big Pines Camp West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998 West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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