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Title
Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker prepare food at their Forest Home campsite, Redlands vicinity, about 1927
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[about 1927]
1927
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and Forrest Whitaker preparing food at the campsite in Forest Home. Mertie West approaches the camp stove at left. She bends over and reaches for a pot with one hand and holds a plate in the other. She faces towards the camera. Behind her and to the right, Forrest Whitaker stands at a table and prepares food. He faces right with his head looking downward. Cooking pots dot the ground around the campsite. A car (partial view) is parked in the background at right. It faces towards the left.
Text from negative sleeve: 465. Forest Home, Calif. About 1927. H.H.West Chandler car. Forrest Whitaker, H.H.West Jr in the car. Mertie West at right. Our camp by the stream. H.H.West Jr getting ready to fish. 3 pictures of Mertie West. 6 negatives
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0465_004
ark:/21198/zz002hqj30
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stoves
Outdoor cookery--California--Redlands
Camping--California--Redlands
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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