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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker standing on a dock with their fishing gear at Uncle Tom's Landing on Big Bear Lake. A small, short dock enters from the lower left corner in the foreground and extends on an angle to the right. Wayne West and Forrest Whitaker stand on the dock in the near distance, left-of-center. Wayne West stands leftmost and nearer to camera. He faces towards the right and looks towards the back of the image while holding a fishing rod. To the right of him, Forrest Whitaker stands slightly further back. He faces towards the camera and looks down at the fishing rod he holds in his hands. Behind them, their small motorized boat sits moored to the dock. A few rowboats sit anchored behind and to the left of their boat. Big Bear Lake stretches into the background behind Wayne and Forrest. Low mountains rise in the far distance at left and center. Text from negative sleeve: 2108. Big Bear Lake, California, September 1944. 1. L to R: Wayne West, Forrest Whitaker our boat, motor and fishing equipment at Uncle Tom's landing. 2. Wayne West and his 3 trout he caught. 3. Agnes Whitaker and a mess of blue gills and crappies we caught.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2108_003 ark:/21198/zz002j2gq7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County, Calif. : Lake) Fishing & hunting gear Fishing--California Rowboats--American--California--Big Bear Lake Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972 West, Wayne Warren, 1881-1965
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