Print, Photographic

1991.13.1.44

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1991.13.1.44-48

Description

Collection of five photos of a Boy Scout trip to the summit of Mt. Whitney, possibly around 1936. 1991.13.1.44--Group of seven boys standing on rocks beside a mountain lake. There are patches of snow in the background. Written in pencil on reverse: Big Meysan Lake. 1991.13.1.45--Sign for the Sequoia National Park Mt. Whitney Entrance. 1991.13.1.46--Written in pencil on reverse: Mt. Whitney side view. 1991.13.1.47--Vertical photo of a foot hanging over the edge of the cliff on the summit of Mt. Whitney. Written in pencil on reverse: Mt. Whitney trip. 1991.13.1.48--Photo of five boys leaning against the side of the Smithsonian hut on the summit of Mt. Whitney. Two of the boys are sitting down, most of them look exhausted. An enlargement of this photo has the following information written in pencil on reverse: Lone Pine. Jones, Keith D. Drew, Claude V. Drew, Marvin Donald Smith, Clyde Goodwin (killed accident after grad, model pickup accident). Top Mt. Whitney.

Collection

Thelma King Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1936