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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Will Shaw, Mertie West, Alice Prickett and Bertha Keethler stopping along the trail to Inspiration Point to pose in front of a trail sign. At left, Will and Mertie do not look to camera. Will faces right and Mertie gazes off to the left. Both Alice and Bertha look to the camera. The group stands off to the right side of a trail and poses in front of a sign that reads, "TO INSPIRATION POINT 1/4 M [right facing arrow]." The trail enters the frame at left and disappears behind the group. A brush-covered mountainside occupies the background as it slopes downward from left to right. Mertie West is misidentified as Josie Shaw in caption provided by H. H. West. Text from negative sleeve: Mount Lowe, Calif. 1932. Waiting for the incline car to Mt Lowe. L to R: Bertha Keithler[sic], Mertie West and Bertha Kiethler's[sic] daughter. [handwritten:] Mildred [end handwritten]. On the trail to Inspiration point. Tree squirrel getting a drink in the water trough alongside the trail to Inspiration point. On the trail to Inspiration Point. L to R.- Will Shaw, Josie Shaw, Aunt Alice Prickett, Bertha Kiethler[sic]. Scenic railway at Inspiration Point. Horsee pullee-pushee. 5 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0679_001 ark:/21198/zz002hr81j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Signs (Notices) Trails & paths--California--Los Angeles County Prickett, Alice Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960 Keethler, Bertha May, 1875-1970 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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