Jessie and Pete

Name/Title

Jessie and Pete

Entry/Object ID

1999.26.2

Description

Photo of a young woman (Jessie Norris Fowzer) astride a horse. There is a white canvas tent in the background. The photo is labeled in the lower left corner "Jessie and Pete." Caption on album page: God's Country! 1900 home! Jessie N. Fowzer on "Pete." Written in black ink on reverse: Jessie N. Fowzer, Millspaugh, Inyo County, Calif. Pete 1901 [date is crossed out and replaced with 1900]. Written in pencil on reverse: This was the early beginning of camp. This was taken by Lou Smith with glass plates and developed by him in "dark room" rigged up in camp. Tent is where boarding house was later built.

Collection

Elizabeth and Richard Mecham Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Smith, Lou

Date made

1900

Place

Location

Millspaugh, CA