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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West fixing her hair while standing in the group's campsite near Rock Creek. Mertie stands right-of-center, in profile, and facing to the left. She looks towards a small mirror to the left that is propped up on sticks. A hat hangs above the mirror. Clothes and rags hang from rungs made of sticks to the left of the mirror. Behind Mertie, the campsite is strewn with dining utensils and food supplies either sitting atop crates or resting on tables. A canopy hangs over a portion of the campsite at far right. A large rocks sits in the foreground in the lower left corner. Text from negative sleeve: 857. Rock Creek trip 1941. The shving[sic] place. Forrest Whitaker's hat hanging on the pole. Same, with Mertie West fixing her hair. 2 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0857_001 ark:/21198/zz002hrt5b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.) Grooming Camping--California--Mono County West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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