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Title
Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby eat lunch on the shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
March, 1939
1939-03
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Mertie West turns towards Zetta Witherby to her right. Zetta Witherby sits with her back turned to the camera. Beyond Zetta, Wes Witherby (partially obscured) sits on the opposite side of the table with his hand to his mouth. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Just beyond them, cars are parked on the shoreline to the left and vacant picnic tables line the shoreline behind them. Lake Mead is in the distance with mountains rising behind it.
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.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000227_005
ark:/21198/zz002hpw8z
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Reservoirs--Arizona--Mohave County
Reservoirs--Nevada--Clark County
Eating & drinking
Picnics--Nevada--Boulder City
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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