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Title
H. H. West Jr. holds his luggage at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, San Luis Obispo, 1942
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
March 8, 1942
1942-03-08
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
H. H. West Jr. holds his luggage at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. He wears sunglasses and a hat. There is a truck behind him with a cart pulled up behind it. A man stands on the cart bending over. There is another man visible behind the cart. The station is in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 1194. Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. Sunday March 8, 1942. Our arrival at the S. P. R. R. depot. I had H. H. West Jr. line up his comrades for a picture. Sorry did not get their names. 1. Q. M. C. group en route to Alaska. H. H. West Jr. at extreme right with dark glasses. 2. H. H. West Jr. with his grip on the station platform. The army baggage truck in rear. 3. Unloading the soldiers' baggage from truck to platform baggage truck. 4. The soldiers on the platform after arrival. 4 films.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1194_003
ark:/21198/zz002hsk9g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Soldiers--American--California--San Luis Obispo
West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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