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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of: Mertie West, Wes Witherby and Zetta 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. Wes Witherby stands with his hands behind his back and leg extended out as he looks to the camera. Zetta Witherby looks to camera as her purse hangs from her wrist. 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.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000225_004 ark:/21198/zz002hpvrq
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
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