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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 78000297 Photograph of a sundial on a courtyard wall at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Monument, as viewed from below. In the foreground, a log oriented vertically stretches on an angle through the center of the image. Two logs atop it run perpendicular to it, across the image. Beyond the latticed logs, the top of a courtyard wall stretches along the bottom edge. In the lower right corner, a sundial is inset onto a tower wall. A cupola sits atop the tower that stretches above the sundial. Clear skies occupy the majority of the image. Text from negative sleeve: 2263. Death Valley trip March 1947. Death Valley Scotty castle at Grapevine Creek. Mertie West before the arch Zetta Witherby walking toward her. L to R Zetta Witherby. Wes Witherby. Mertie West Dde [sic] Witherby. Mertie facing camera. The sun dial on the wall. The guest house. Dogs tackling a burro. W W Witherby getting a drink at one of the springs. 7 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2263_003 ark:/21198/zz002j35zz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sundials--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) Scotty’s Castle (Calif.)
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