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Title
Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
About 1930
1930
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast. Mertie wears a hairnet. Agnes wears a visor and an apron. There is a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the table, along with plate, cups, and other items on the table. In the background, a bucket hangs from a tree that also has a mirror and a box hanging on it.
Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Forrest Whitaker was her brother and Agnes was Forrest's wife. William Shaw was Mertie and Forrest's brother-in-law.
Text from negative sleeve: 730. Pine Creek, Calif. About 1930. L to R: H. H. West Jr., Mertie West and H. H. West. 2. H. H. West Jr and Forrest Whitaker at breakfast. 3. L to R: Agnes Whitaker. Mertie West, Forrest Whitaker and Will Shaw at breakfast. 4. Another picture same as No. 3. 5. L to R: Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West, Will Shaw beside Pine Creek. 5 negatives.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0730_002
ark:/21198/zz002hrhvb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Camping--California--Inyo County
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, William Henry, 1870-1960
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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