Tents and the mess hall at Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Tents and the mess hall at Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

March 8, 1942

Date

1942-03-08

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Tents and the mess hall at Camp San Luis Obispo. Three tents are visible at the left, lined by a wooden walkway. Two soldiers stand on the walkway in the distance, and one sits next to the tent. The mess hall is in the distance, with a chimney sticking out from the roof. There is another building at the right. There are power lines overhead.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1192. Camp San Luis Obispo, California, March 8, 1942. 1. Company street for Det. Q. M. C., C. A. S. C. 1947. Mess house at end of the street. H. H. West Jr tent was second one at left. The boys to be seen were just across the street from his tent. They checked out at 11 a. m., drove to S. P. depot at San Luis Obispo and took the Day Light Limited on the S. P. R. R. for Camp Murray, near Tacoma, Washington. Hebard took us into the mess hall for lunch with him. As it was early, and they did not serve lunch on Sunday until 1 p. m. (They were getting up a chicken dinner, it being Sunday) they gave us ham and eggs, and apologized for having to do so. Hebard then got into our car and drove to the depot following right behind the army truck with the other soldiers. 1 film.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--San Luis Obispo

Longitude

35.321389

Latitude

-120.738889

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Military facilities--American--California--San Luis Obispo