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Title
H. H. West Jr. stands with other soldiers at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, San Luis Obispo, 1942
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-08
March 8, 1942
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. stands with other soldiers at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. He is at the right wearing sunglasses and looking to the left. Some of the soldiers sit on a cart at the left. The depot is at the left. There is another cart visible at the right.
Text from negative sleeve: 1195. San Luis Obispo, California, Sunday, March 8, 1942. About noon. 1. 2. The double film shows the S. P. R. R. station at San Luis Obispo, and the Bulletin Board at the end. 3. Mertie West, with our Buick in the rear, and behind that is the Army truck which brot [sic] the soldiers from the camp, four miles away, to the depot. 4. The soldiers fool with a little truck on the platform while waiting for their train. 5. The soldiers as they unloaded on the station platform. 5 films.
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1195_003
ark:/21198/zz002hskfj
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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