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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a sign standing in Badwater Basin marking the lowest point in the western hemisphere (at the time). The dry lake of Badwater Basin stretches across the foreground and into the distance. A sign at center is posted in the middle of the landscape. The top portion of the sign reads, "BAD WATER 279.6 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL LOWEST POINT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE." Beneath it, another sign, facing right, reads, "[left pointing arrow] SHOSHONE.57 BAKER..........93 FURNACE CREEK...17 [right pointing arrow]." A woman stands in partial view behind the signpost. Rocky hills rise from the bottom of the basin and stretch across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2261. Death Valley March 1947 Bad Water sign. Pool at Bad Water. Right to Left Wes Witherby, Mertie West. Witherby and car near Bad Water 3 filmd [sic]
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2261_001 ark:/21198/zz002j35pt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Signs (Notices) Basins (Bodies of water)--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
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