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Title
Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta 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 Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Wes Witherby pours a drink out of a canister while looking across the table to the women. Mertie West looks off to the left. To her right, Zetta Witherby turns her head to look back to the camera. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Lake Mead lies in the distance to the left. Partially built structures clutter the background behind the group. Mountains rise in the distance.
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_006
ark:/21198/zz002hpw9g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
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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