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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing in a road that passes by Lake Tahoe. The road stretches across the foreground. Mertie stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She faces towards the right and turns to look to the camera as she crosses her arms in front of her. Mertie faces a car that is parked to the right of her. The car is in partial view and is viewed from the side; its front end faces left. In the distance, Lake Tahoe sprawls across the image, beneath the roadside. A dock extends into the water at far left. Snow-covered mountains rise from the opposite bank in the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1579. Yellowstone trip 1942. Lake Tahoe, Calif. Friday June 19, 1942. Mertie West on the banks. 1 film [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1579_001 ark:/21198/zz002htjg1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles--American--California Automobile travel--California Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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