Mrs. Tom Carlisle and rock formation, Riverside County, [1920-1939?]

Description

Mrs. Tom Carlisle, in suit and hat, standing in front of large rounded rock, about 5 times her height, with tree, shrubs, and dirt road in foreground, in San Jacinto Mountains area of Riverside County, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 Pls ret negs. Hemet - Idylwild. San Jacinto Mountain district, Southern California wonders - Famous pitcher or lily rock, with Henry Barnbrock in view, and kneeling dromedary, a sandstone formation with Mrs. Tom Carlisle "riding." These formations have been carved by wind and elements. Discovered and photographed here for first time. The "dromedary" is complete even to nose and ears. Camel & lilly rock, cave at Ramona's Burial Place, Handwritten at edge of negative: 1989, Mrs. Tom Carlisle could be Nola Louise Carlisle, 1891-1978, wife of Thomas K. Carlisle, resident of and candidate for school board in San Bernardino in the 1920s, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.