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Title: Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby pose for a photograph at the Boulder Dam, Boulder City vicinity, 1939
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: March, 1939
1939-03
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby posing for a photograph in front of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam on the Arizona side of the dam. Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera with her purse under her arm and her hands clasped in front of her. Zetta Witherby looks to camera as her purse hangs from her wrist. Wes Witherby stands with his hands behind his back and leg extended out as he looks out of frame towards the left. The trio stands in front of a walkway barrier. The dam intake towers, the canyon and the power lines atop the canyon occupy the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 225. Boulder Dam, March 21, 22 and 23 trip with the Witherbys 1939. 674 miles. Mrs H.H.West, Wes Witherby, Zetta Witherby. Mrs H.H.West, Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby. Zetta, Mertie and Wes. Our cabin at Las Vegas. 2 very poor negatives taken down near the river under the dam. 6 negatives.
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_000225_003
ark:/21198/zz002hpvq6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sightseers--Nevada--Boulder City
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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