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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from, left to right, of Forrest Whitaker, Mertie West and Agnes Whitaker posing beside their boat while stopped at a gas station en route to Big Bear Lake. The trio stands in the near distance at right. They stand in a row and all look to camera. To the left of them and sitting at center is a fishing boat. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side. Canvas covers supplies and gear in the boat's hull. The boat sits atop a flatbed trailer that is hitched to a car. The car sits behind the Whitakers and Mertie. It is viewed from the rear. The gas station stands behind the boat and extends out-of-frame to the left. A row of 3 gas pumps stand behind the boat and to the left of the car. Posts between them support the gas station's canopy. Atop the canopy a large sign reads, "[RICHFIELD]." The station's store stands at far left and an attendant stands outside the store. Silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance. A band of white lines the left edge. 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.
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