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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby gathered around a picnic table at Lake Mead. Mertie and Zetta sit on the left side of a picnic table, with Mertie on the far left and Zetta just behind her. Mertie's purse lies on the corner of the picnic table. Both women look to the camera. Wes stands over the picnic table on the right side. One foot is standing on the bench of the picnic table and he gathers up what appears to be newspaper from the table. A container rests on the picnic table bench in front of him. In the background at right is a house and a car. A flag pole and a utility pole occupy the background in the center. A fence runs along the background to the left. Text from negative sleeve: 227. Boulder Dam trip with the Witherbys March 21, 22 and 23, 1939. 674 miles. See Nos.224, 225 and 226. Eating lunch at Lake Mead. Wes Witherby, Zetta Witherby, Mertie West? 3 negatives. Wes Witherby by the tablet. Mrs and Mr H.H.West at side of tablet. Tablet and flagpole at Nevada side of the dam. 6 negatives.
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