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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker sitting in their boat as they launch from the wharf and into Big Bear Lake. The hull of another boat sits in partial view along the bottom edge in the foreground. Behind it, in the near distance at left, the boat occupied by Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker and Forrest Whitaker enters frame from the left. It appears to sit on a ramp as it angles into the water from the left. Mertie West stands towards the front of the boat at left. She is in profile, facing right. Ahead of her, Agnes Whitaker sits at center. She casts her gaze downwards as she shifts supplies around the boat. At the boat's stern, Forrest Whitaker sits. He faces slightly right and tinkers with the boat's motor. Beyond them, Big Bear Lake stretches across the image and into the distance. Silhouetted mountains rise from the opposite shore. Opaque, wide, white patches occupy the lower left and lower right corners, dissipating as they extend upwards along their respective edges. Text from negative sleeve: 2384. Big Bear Lake May 1948 1. En route. At Gas Station in San Bdno. L to R: Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker - and the boat 2. 2 films front and rear of the 3. Whitaker cabin at Talmage [sic] and Lake View Blvd. 4. Launching the boat at the wharf. L to R: Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker. 5. No fish, and too cold to stay out Mertie West (L) and Agnes Whitaker (R) head for the house. 6. We visit Al and Elizabeth Siemsen near Gray's Camp. Their cabin in the rocks. L to R: Elizabeth Siemsen, Al Siemsen, Agnes Whitaker, Mertie West, Forrest Whitaker.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2384_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3vdb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County, Calif. : Lake) Boats--American--California--Big Bear Lake Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967 Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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