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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Edith Shaw, Mertie West, Abraham Whitaker and Agnes Whitaker standing around their campsite near Rock Creek. Abraham Whitaker stands, just right-of-center, in front of the women. He stands facing and looking off towards the left. A tree stands in the foreground to the right of him. Edith Shaw, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker stand behind him, gathered around tables that have been set up in a clearing. The tables are covered in tablecloths, dining utensils and food supplies. A sliver of the stream is visible on the right. Tall trees stand in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 839. Rush Creek, Calif. August 1929. Our tent and stove by the side of the stream. The camp under the pines. A Whitaker by the tree. Edith Shaw behind the table at left, then Mertie West, then Agnes Whitaker. Another of the camp. L to R: Eleanor Shaw, Romayne Shaw, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, A Whitaker - back to camera. 3 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0839_001 ark:/21198/zz002hrs7w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Outdoor cookery--California--Modoc County Camping--California--Modoc County Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Whitaker, Abraham, 1848-1934 Shaw, Edith Bowen, 1901-1985
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