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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Ambrose Cline and H. H. West, Jr. sitting down in front of a low wall and eating a pie that had been given to them. Both boys sit facing towards the camera with the wall at their backs. Ambrose Cline looks to the camera while a pie plate sits balanced atop his knees. To the right of him, H. H. West, Jr. turns his head towards the left as he takes a bite of pie. He sits with his legs stretched out towards the camera; his pie plate rests on his lap. The low, stone wall enters the frame at right and extends just to the left of Ambrose. A stone column rises from the wall at right. On one of the stones, "YOUR" is written. Beyond the wall, 5 cabins stand in a row with the backs of the cabins facing towards the camera. In the far distance, brush-covered mountains rise. Text from negative sleeve: 1301. Topango [sic] about 1922. 1. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr - at this end of a raft in lagoon. 2. H.H.West Jr sitting in rear of a little canvas canoe. 3. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr in the water in the lagoon. 4. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West Jr. 5. L to R: Ambrose Cline. H.H.West [handwritten:] ,JR. [end handwritten] Sitting down behind the concrete wall eating a pie they had been given. 5 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1301_001 ark:/21198/zz002hswtk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Eating & drinking--California--Topanga Cabins--California--Topanga West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998 Cline, Ambrose, 1915-1997
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