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Title
Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stopping for a drink of water at Bear Flat, Trinity County, 1917
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1917
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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A distant photograph, from left to right, of Harry Schmitz and Wilfrid Cline, Jr. stopping by a well at Bear Flat to get a drink of water. Harry Schmitz stands in the distance, left-of-center. He stands behind a wire fence and looks to the camera. He rests one hand up on a wooden fence post. To his right, Wilfrid Cline, Jr. hunches over the well's bucket to get a drink of water. He stands in profile facing the well immediately to the right of him. The well is a wooden shack that stands at right. It faces left. A car is parked behind Harry Schmitz. It faces forward and towards the left. In the distance, a wooden fence stretches across the image. Tall pines stand behind the fence in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 1033. Trinity County trip, 1917. Bear Flat. We go from Cayton thru the pines to the McCloud River for some fishing. On the road is Bear Flat, where is a well of ice cold water. We stop to drink. Left to right: Harry Schmitz, Wilfrid Cline Jr drinking from the old bucket in the well. 1 film
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1033_001
ark:/21198/zz002hs4bq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Wells--California--Trinity County
Rest stops--California--Trinity County
Shasta-Trinity National Forest (Calif.)
Schmitz, Harry, 1875-1937
Cline, Wilfrid M
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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