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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West, Frieda Shaw, Everett Shaw and others traveling on a ferry during a trip to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the upper deck in the foreground. A boy stands at center and faces towards the camera. Behind him, other passengers sit on benches that stand in a line across the deck, facing left. Mertie West sits on the bench directly behind the boy at center. She looks to camera as she leans forward towards the left. Frieda Shaw sits on the near end of the bench behind and to the right of Mertie's bench. She faces left and looks to camera. Beside her, Everett Shaw stands and looks to the camera. Other passengers sit on the benches or stand on the deck. The ocean stretches across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2396. Catalina Island trip Aug. 7, 1948. 1. Arrival at Avalon and getting down the gang plank 2. The crowd at end of wharf to greet us. 3. The Wild Man of Borneo greets us 4. Close up of the Human Ape 5. Everett Shaw looking at Camera, his wife on bench at his side. Mrs H.H.West smiling right behind the boy standing at end of bench.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2396_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3x03
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ferries--American--California--Santa Catalina Island Ocean travel Passengers--California--Santa Catalina Island Shaw, Everett, 1906-1996 Shaw, Frieda Fehrenschild, 1908-2002 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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