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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and H. H. West, Jr. walking down an outcrop of boulders along the beach; they are viewed from above. Mertie and H. H. West walk across some rocks in the near distance at center. Both have their backs to the camera and stand below the camera. An outcrop of rocks stands behind Mertie's back and extends on an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the upper left corner. Beyond the rocks at left, the beach extends vertically along the left edge. The coastline runs along the line of the boulders and the beach. H. H., Jr. stands closer to the water. The rock he stands on juts out into the water to the right. Beachgoers sit atop the boulders at left and others play in the water at upper right. Text from negative sleeve: 1166. San Diego trip about 1930. La Jolla, Calif. 1. The swimming pool, sheltered by the breakwater. 2. Mertie West on the rocks right in front of the camera, watching H.H.West Jr just going into the salt water pool for his first salt water swim. 2 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1166_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsh5f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaches--California--San Diego Boulders--California West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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