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Title
Mertie West, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby sit aboard a narrow gauge train at Ryan, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
March, 1947
1947-03
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby sitting aboard the Death Valley Railroad's narrow gauge train at its terminus in Ryan. The train is viewed close-up. The train stretches back on an angle from right to left. Benches line the passenger cars. Mertie West, Dode Witherby and Zetta Witherby sit together on a bench in the near distance, left-of-center. All look to camera. Wes Witherby sits on the far right side of the passenger bench in front of the women. He rests an arm over the back of the seat and looks towards Mertie. A rocky hillside rises behind them.
Text from negative sleeve: 2268. Death Valley Trip March 1947. The narrow gage [sic] train at Ryan. L to R: Mertie West, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2268_001
ark:/21198/zz002j36cn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Narrow gauge railroads--California--Death Valley National Park
Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Witherby, Sarah Josephine, 1876-1968
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Death Valley Railroad
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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