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Gerald L. French Photograph Collection

Owning Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives

About this Collection

The Gerald L. French Photograph Collection documents the San Jose State College West Coast School of Nature Study program held in Death Valley in 1958. Gerald L. French, then a San Jose State College student, attended this program and donated this collection to the university. The images document the activities, events, and participants on this field trip. The digital collection consists of forty-two 4x5 inch negatives and twenty-seven 35 mm color slides. Forty-one black and white prints which duplicate most of the negatives are included in the physical collection, but are not part of the digital collection. For additional information about using images in this collection contact the SJSU Special Collections Department. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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69 items found in this collection

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Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin
Class walking around Salt Creek
Death Valley salt flats
Death Valley sunset
Desert plants
Desert view
Desert view
Driving a Jeep along the winding road of Titus Canyon
Driving a Jeep along the winding road of Titus Canyon
Examining a depression in the salt flats
Examining the terrain at Death Valley
Inside Scotty's Castle
Inside Scotty's Castle
Leadfield
Leadfield
Leadfield
Man sitting atop a twenty mule team borax wagon at Furnace Creek
Overlooking Scotty's Castle
Professor and students at Salt Creek in Death Valley
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