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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An askew photograph of Mertie West and H. H. West standing next to the tablet at the base of a flagpole on the Nevada side of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam. The tablet stands slightly off-center towards the right. Mertie West stands to the left of the inscription with one hand behind her back. H. H. West stands to the right of the inscription with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a coat. 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_004 ark:/21198/zz002hpw7f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Monuments & memorials--Nevada--Boulder City Sightseers--Nevada--Boulder City Flagpoles--Nevada--Boulder City Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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