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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Elizabeth West is misidentified as Frances West on the negative sleeve. Photograph, from left to right, of Chester Schmitz, Irene Schmitz and Elizabeth West sitting around a makeshift table of stacked crates in their camp near Silver Lake. They sit in a circle at center. A dining table juts into the foreground at left and partially obscures Chester Schmitz. Chester sits leftmost behind the table. His head is turned towards Elizabeth to his right. Elizabeth West sits rightmost on a camp stool. Her back is towards the camera and her head is turned to the left towards Chester. Irene Schmitz is at center and behind the crates. She cranes her head to look downward towards something on the crates. A large branch stands upright behind Chester. It props up a tarp at left that hangs over the table. A tire rests against some trees at right, behind Elizabeth. Trees and shrubbery stand in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 1074. Silver Lake trip. 1914. Silver Lake camp. 1. L to R: Chester Schmitz. Irene Schmitz. Frances West. 2. L to R: Irene Schmitz and some girl visitor, now unknown. 3. L to R: Frances West and Chester Schmitz. 4. Elizabeth West with fish. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1074_001 ark:/21198/zz002hs86k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.) Camping--California--June Lake Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Schmitz, Irene, b. 1908 Schmitz, Chester Smith, 1910-1977
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