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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Glen Velzy, Frances West, Elizabeth West, Mary A. West and Bessie Velzy in their camp in San Gabriel Canyon. Glen Velzy stands at left. He holds 2 buckets as he looks to the camera. Frances stands to the right of him. She faces left and looks down as she reaches for one of the buckets Glen holds. Elizabeth West stands to the right of Frances. She faces towards the camera, but looks towards Frances as she rests a hand to her hip. A trunk sits on the sandy ground to the right of Elizabeth. Behind the trunk, Bessie Velzy sits. She faces towards the left and looks up towards Glen and the West girls. Mary A. West sits in the background behind and to the right of Elizabeth. She faces forward and looks towards the scene as she works on embroidery. Sandy ground stretches across the foreground and a thicket of trees line the back edge of their campsite. Text from negative sleeve: 1186. San Gabriel Canyon about 1915. Glen Velzy, wife, and H.H.West family go up San Gabriel canyon one Saturday afternoon just to camp over Sunday. 1. L to R: Glen Velzy. Frances West. Elizabeth West. Mary A West. Bessie McGee Velzy. 2. Glen Velzy cooking. Frances West carrying a pail. Elizabeth West in rear. 2 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1186_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsjws
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pails Camping--California--San Gabriel Canyon San Gabriel Canyon (Calif.) Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 Velzy, Glen Roy, 1884-1951 Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
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