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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby and Mertie West sitting on the veranda of the Furnace Creek Inn at Death Valley National Monument. The 3 women sit in chairs, left-of-center. Mertie West sits rightmost. She faces center, but gazes towards the left. Zetta Witherby sits leftmost and faces towards the left. Dode Witherby sits at center, behind and between Zetta and Mertie. She faces towards the left, but looks to the camera. They relax on an elevated veranda at the Furnace Creek Inn. The veranda passes through the foreground, arcing back towards the right. The trunk of a palm tree stands behind and to the right of the women. Further beyond them, the rooftops of the inn wind through the image at center and right. Salt flats stretch into the distance at left and mountains rise in the distance at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2262. Death Valley trip March 1947 The narrow gauge 7 miles long at Ryan. Old adobe ruins Harmony Borax Plant 1865 L to R: Zetta Witherby, Dode Witherby, Mertie West, Wes Witherby. On the veranda at Furnace Creek Inn L to R Zetta Witherby. Dode Witherby. Mertie West 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2262_002 ark:/21198/zz002j35sc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Porches--California--Death Valley National Park Leisure--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) Resorts--California--Death Valley National Park Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957 Witherby, Sarah Josephine, 1876-1968 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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