Tractor clearing the snow off of Jackson Lake, Big Pines vicinity, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Tractor clearing the snow off of Jackson Lake, Big Pines vicinity, 1934

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

winter 1934
1934

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of about 5-6 men working on top of a frozen Jackson Lake to remove snow. The man on the left stands on the lake holding a broom. To his right, a man wearing ice skates pushes a plow-like apparatus. To his right, two men use brooms to remove the snow. To the right of them, a man drives a tractor across the lake. In the distance, another person stands on the ice. On the opposite side of the lake, a small structure with large chimney sits along the shore left-of-center of the photograph. A hillside covered in trees and snow slopes down towards the lake on the left and another hillside covered in trees and snow rises up in the background on the right. A white dwelling sits in the gap between these two hillsides in the background. In the foreground at right, a piping fixture rises out of the snow-covered ground.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 233 Big Pines Boy Scout Camp, winter 1934. Lined up at noon waiting for door to open to dining room. View of the camp among the trees in the hills. Tractor clearing the snow off Jackson Lake so scouts and others can skate. Putting on skates and skaters on the lake. Troop 76 BSA at the camp ready to leave for home. L to R: ["XXXX" crossed out] [handwritten:] Frank Willis, Dudley Nichols, H.H.West Jr Frank Willis it is. Boy in rear unknown. 6 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Big Pines Camp

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Snow removal--California--Big Pines Camp
Snow--California--Big Pines Camp
Camps--California--Big Pines Camp
Lakes & ponds-- California--Big Pines Camp