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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Agnes Whitaker was Mertie's sister-in-law. Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker walk by a rest stop. Both women hold their purses under their arms. Mrs. West wears a headband and glasses. Mrs. Whitaker wears a flat hat and she looks at the camera. The building behind them has a stone façade and pillars in front, as well as a wooden pergola. The sign hanging on it reads, "Little Lake café." There are two doors at the side of the building with crates piled up on the ground. There is a metal canister at the right of the door next to a metal locker and a large, wooden box. There is a tree behind the wooden box. In the background, there is a car parked by a building that has a sign on top reading, "Standard Oil products." Text from negative sleeve: 1286. Tom's Place, Rock Creek, trip. Little Lake. August 29, 1940 to September 7, inclusive. H. H. West and wife. Forrest Whitaker and wife. Vacation on Rock Creek a quarter mile above Tom's Place. 1. The trailer on behind Forrest Whitaker's car, at Little Lake, Calif. 2. The building in which we had breakfast at Little Lake. L to R: Mertie West. Agnes Whitaker. 3. The S. P. R. R. depot at Little Lake. On a previous trip thru here I had laid down on the platform of this little depot and slept a few hours early one morning. 3 films.
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