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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West posing next to bundled bedding at his party's campsite in Yosemite National Park. H. H. West stands, left-of-center, and looks directly to the camera. In one hand he holds a pipe and he stretches out the other to the right where he rests his hand atop a pile of bundled bed linens. The bed linens sit piled atop a table at right and extend out of frame. Behind H. H. and the bedding, an empty clearing stretches into the distance. Trees stand beyond the clearing and 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_004 ark:/21198/zz002hstgf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) Camping--California--Yosemite National Park Bedsheets West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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