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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West and Frances West standing on a bridge over the Owens River and tossing pumice stones into the river. The girls stand in the near distance at center along one of the wheel tracks for the automobile bridge. Elizabeth stands leftmost and further back. She faces slightly left as she looks downward and holds a rock up in one hand. Frances stands to the right and in front of her. She faces the opposite direction and stands slightly slouched. The automobile bridge is composed of two separate wood-constructed wheel tracks passing across the river. The girls stand on the rightmost track. The bridge extends from the lower right corner, narrowing as it passes across the river on a slight angle towards the left. The Owens River passes horizontally across the image beneath the bridge and the West girls. Tall grasses and brush extend into the distance from the opposite bank of the river. Hills rise in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1263. Thompsons, on Owens River, about 1915. I camped there two days and took my rifle and hunted up into Dead Man's canyon for deer. No deer and was all alone, and not pleasant. 1. Our camp under the big willows. Mary A West the other side of the stove. 2. Mary A West making pan cakes. 3. Mary A West washing dishes. Owens River in back ground. 4. The automobile bridge over the Owens River at Thompsons. L to R: Elizabeth West and Frances West throwing chunks of pumice stone into the Owens River and watching it float down stream. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1263_004 ark:/21198/zz002hst48
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Throwing Bridges--California--Mono County Owens River (Calif.) Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
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