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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Wes Witherby standing next to the tablet at the base of a flagpole on the Nevada side of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam. The tablet sits off-center towards the left and Wes Witherby stands to the right of the inscription with his hand in his pocket. An unidentifiable woman stands to the left of the inscription and is partially out-of-frame. The inscription reads, "It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality." 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.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000227_003 ark:/21198/zz002hpw6x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Monuments & memorials--Nevada--Boulder City Sightseers--Nevada--Boulder City Flagpoles--Nevada--Boulder City Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
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