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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of two road signs off to the side of a road in Baker, California. A sign for "JUNCTION 127" is on the left and a sign for "DEATH VALLEY [left arrow]" is on the right. The road travels from the left side of the photograph and vanishes into the center of the photograph behind the sign for Death Valley. White posts line the side of the street. In the background there is a gas station at left with the sign that reads, "STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS", and beyond that, there is a cafe. Signs on that building read, " [...] SERVICE" and "CAFE". Trees occupy the background on the right. Text from negative sleeve: 226. Boulder Dam trip March 21, 22 and 23 1939. 674 miles. See Nos.224 & 225. Rest rooms on the desert near Hodge. Standard Oil Station at Baker. Zetta making for the rest room. Mertie and Wes at the left. The sign at Baker showing road to Death Valley. 2 negatives of the toilet at Lake Mead[.] The Dam. Intake towers. Boat landing at Lake Mead. 8 negatives.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000226_006 ark:/21198/zz002hpw1b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Traffic signs & signals--California--Baker Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
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