Bessie Velzy wades into Whitmore Tub while Frances and Elizabeth West watch, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

Bessie Velzy wades into Whitmore Tub while Frances and Elizabeth West watch, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1914

1914

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Bessie Velzy wades into Whitmore Tub on the right. She wears a knit cardigan and bucket hat. Behind her to the left, Frances West (left) and Elizabeth West (right) stand near the edge of the hot spring and look on as Bessie stands in the water. Frances and Elizabeth both wear button down coats and knit hats. On the left side of the spring, a pallet sits in the grass with articles of clothing lying atop it. To the right of the pallet, a wood plank sits at the water's edge. The spring occupies the lower right-side of the image. Tall grasses surround it. Low hills stand in the background.

Text from negative sleeve: 340. Convict Lake, Calif. 1914. Whitmore Tub. L to R: Frances West, Elizabeth West, Mrs Glen Velzy

Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)

Springs--California--Mammoth Lakes

Wading--California--Mammoth Lakes

Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966

Velzy, Bessie Grace McGee, b. 1883 or 84-1918

Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906

California Digital Library

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