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Title
Campsite near Hilton Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, about 1920
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1920]
1920
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
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Description
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Photograph of the West-Schmitz-Stavnow-Cole party campsite near Hilton Creek. The campsite is bounded by boulders on the left and H. H. West's Cadillac on the right. A tarpaulin stretches between the rocks and the car. A member of the camping party kneels on the ground by the camp stove in front of the boulders just left-of-center. Charles Stavnow stands at right in front of the Cadillac with his back to the camera. The Cadillac is viewed from the front. In the distance at center and right, 2 snow-covered mountains rise.
Text from negative sleeve: Hilton Creek, Calif. About 1920. Al Schmitz, Charlie Stavnow, Elmer Cole, H.H.West, with H.H.West's Cadillac. We camped in the rocks where Hilton Creek crossed the old lower road close to Owens River. Snow all around us. Bitter cold, and very windy. We put up a tarpaulin between the rocks to break the wind so as to have a fire to cook. Stavnow went thru the snow to his arm pits on the bank of Magee Creek. 2 views of the camp. Charlie Stavnow fishing in Convict creek on the meadow. Charlie Stavnow with two fine trout out of Convict creek. 4 films.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0583_001
ark:/21198/zz002hqwrn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles--American--California--Mammoth Lakes
Mountains--California
Boulders--California
Camping--California--Mammoth Lakes
Stavnow, Charles Ashworth, 1868-1947
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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