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Title
Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker and Josie Shaw dining at a table on the beach, Carpinteria vicinity, about 1924
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1924]
1924
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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Photograph, from left to right, of Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker and Josie West all dining and sitting around a table set up on the beach near Rincon Point. Mertie Whitaker sits center, nearest to camera. She sits on a stool and faces towards the right; her head is turned to look in the general direction of the camera. Edith Shaw and Josie Shaw sit behind her at the table on the left and right, respectively. Edith Shaw also faces towards the right, but turns her head towards the camera. At right, Josie Shaw looks directly to the camera. A table stands on the sand between the three of them. It is covered in a white table cloth and dining utensils. A hillside rises directly behind them.
Text from negative sleeve: 831. Rincon, above Ventura, Calif. About 1924. Our camp on the sand. The miner's tent was mine. Ready to eat. L to R: Edith Shaw, Mertie Whitaker, Josie Shaw. 2 negatives
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0831_001
ark:/21198/zz002hrrj2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Eating & drinking--California--Carpinteria
Beaches--California--Carpinteria
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Shaw, Edith Bowen, 1901-1985
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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