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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Dave F. Smith standing in the Smith-West tour party's campsite near Cottonwood Creek. Dirt ground sprawls across the foreground. Dave F. Smith stands in the near distance, left-of-center. He faces slightly left and stands behind the camp stove, which billows smoke across the image towards the right. Pots and other camping equipment sit on a line of rocks retaining an outcrop of trees to the left of Dave. A car is parked behind and to the right of him. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly right. Additional gear is spread across the ground between Dave and the vehicle. Trees stand in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 1127. Smith West tour August 1913. Cottonwood Creek. We got in there the last day of August and next day September first the golden trout season opened and we were the only fishermen in there. 1. H.H.West's Buick on the grade up Cottonwood Creek. 2. We camped at the only level place a level place by the bridge. 3. Our camp. Nella West standing talking to Mrs Dave Smith, sitting. 4. Our camp. Dave Smith by the stove. 5. Very brushy. I am fishing Cottonwood Creek from a log in the brush. 5 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1127_003 ark:/21198/zz002hsdc3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Stoves Outdoor cookery--California--Inyo County Camping--California--Inyo County Smith, David Franklin, 1882-1960
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