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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Zetta Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby standing among the ruins of the Harmony Borax Works at Death Valley National Monument. The Witherbys and Mertie West stand in the near distance at center. All look to the camera. A stone-built structure stands in partial view along the right frame. Behind Mertie and Wes, a large furnace stands. Beyond the furnace, stone walls stretch out-of-frame at left. NRHP reference # 74000339 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_003 ark:/21198/zz002j35tw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ruins--California--Death Valley National Park Sightseers--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) Mining--California--Death Valley National Park Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957 Witherby, Sarah Josephine, 1876-1968 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
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