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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West's Chevrolet Baby Grand driving past a checking station in Yosemite National Park. The Chevrolet sits in the foreground at right. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces slightly left, towards the camera. To the left of the car, a sign for gasoline stands and reads, "STANDARD OIL COMPANY RED CROWN GASOLINE." Barren ground stretches from the left side of the car and across the foreground. In the near distance, the log cabin checking station stands at center. A pine tree partially obscures the right side of the building. A flagpole stands to the right of the building and rises behind the sign for gasoline. Pine trees occupy the background. Text from negative sleeve: 1268. Yosemite. About 1923. Frank Beckett, Elizabeth West, Wilfrid Cline Jr and H.H.West with my Baby Grand Chevrolet. 1. The Merced River and El Capitan. 2. A park checking station. 3. Our camp and miner's tent in the valley. 4. Frank Beckett by table. 5. H.H.West with hand on bedding. 6. Inspiration Point. L to R: Frank Beckett. Wilfrid Cline Jr. Elizabeth West looking thru the telescope. 6 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1268_001 ark:/21198/zz002hstcw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Log buildings--California--Yosemite National Park Automobiles--American--California--Yosemite National Park Kiosks--California--Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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