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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Wilfrid Cline, Jr. and Harry Schmitz resting next to H. H. West's Buick which is pulled off to the side of the road en route to Lake Tahoe from Truckee. The car is parked in the near distance at center. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side; it faces back towards the right. Wilfrid Cline, Jr. sits at center on top of box on the car's running board. He sits with crossed legs and faces towards the right as he looks to the camera. Harry Schmitz stands to the right of Wilfrid and the car. He rests one hand to the car and the other to his hip as he looks to the camera. A utility pole stands at center behind the car. Lines extend across the image from the utility pole. A mountain rises in the background at right. At left, a structure appears to be built into the hillside in the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1054. Trinity County trip, 1917. Truckee, Calif. 1. My Buick in front of the S.P. depot at Truckee, California. Wilfrid Cline Jr in the rear seat. 2. [handwritten:] + 3 [end handwritten] The country between Truckee and Lake Tahoe. [handwritten:] 4. [end handwritten] My Buick on the road along the Truckee River between Truckee and Tahoe. Large film. [handwritten:] 5. [end handwritten] My Buick on road along the Truckee. Small film. 3 large and [handwritten:] 2 [handwritten] small film
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