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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Charles Stavnow, Ted McClellan's son, Bessie Velzy and Ted McClellan standing around the cars at Elizabeth Lake. Charles Stavnow faces towards the right and stands in front of H. H. West's Buick at left. Ted McClellan's son stands to his right, also in front of the Buick and looks to the camera. A spotted cat walks in front of him. Bessie Velzy stands back and between the Buick (left) and Stavnow's Dodge (right). She looks to the camera. In front of her, Ted McClellan holds a can in his hand and stands to the left of Stavnow's Dodge. Both vehicles are parked on a dirt road and face forward. They are next to each other with the Buick at left sitting a little further back than the Dodge at right. A structure stands in the background at left with a sign that reads either, "MOTEL," or "HOTEL." A barn stands in the background at right. Text from negative sleeve: 464. Elizabeth Lake, Calif. August 1915. H.H.West Buick and party in front; Glen Velzy's Buick in rear. The West, Velzy, Stavnow, McClellan party en route to Convict Lake. The longest negative shows, L to R: H.H.West, in front of his Buick. Bessie Velzy. Glen Velzy or Ted McClellan standing by Stavnow's Dodge. McClellan's little boy in front. Eating watermelon.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0464_002 ark:/21198/zz002hqhzf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles--American--California--Lancaster Automobile travel--California Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918 Stavnow, Charles Ashworth, 1868-1947 McClellan, James Edward, 1886-1968
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