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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from front to back, of Mary A. West and Nella West taking a break during a roadside stop along the aqueduct road by Owens Lake. Mary A. West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and holds a pair of binoculars. She is only visible from the torso up and faces towards the right. Behind her and to the left, H. H. West's Buick is parked on the dirt road. It is in partial view and is seen at an angle from the side. The car faces left and the front end extends out of the left edge of the frame. The driver's door swings open. Nella West sits in the backseat and holds up a newspaper. She faces left and is obscured by the newspaper. The dirt road extends back towards the right from behind the car. A rocky, earthen mound stands parallel on the far side of the road behind the car. A sliver of a mountain is visible in the far distance at right. Text from negative sleeve: 1126. Smith West tour August 1913. Owens Lake. 1. Owens Lake from the road. 2. Our cars along the Aqueduct road by the lake. My Buick is leading. 3. Nella West reading a paper in the car, Mrs Mary A West with binoculars. 3 films.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1126_003 ark:/21198/zz002hsd8j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rest stops--California--Owens Lake Automobile travel--California Automobiles--American--California--Owens Lake West, Nella Adeline, 1874-1941 Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
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