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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from front to back, of Josie Shaw and Mertie West sitting and reading at their campsite near Rock Creek. Mertie West sits in the near distance inside one of the group's tents. The tent stands left-of-center with the front flap open. Mertie sits inside the tent at right. She sits facing left and looks down to the newspaper on her lap. In the foreground, Josie Shaw sits outside and in front of the tent, right-of-center. She sits atop a large rock, facing left. She too looks down to read a magazine. Josie sits among rocks that surround the tent in the foreground and along its side on the right. A folding chair sits outside the tent to the left and behind Josie Shaw. A pine stands along the left edge of the frame in the foreground. Trees line the background. Text from negative sleeve: 863. Rock Creek trip 1941. Mertie West sitting on the cot in the tent. Josie Shaw on the rock outside.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0863_001 ark:/21198/zz002hrtdz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.) Leisure--California--Mono County Reading--California--Mono County Camping--California--Mono County Tents--California--Mono County Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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