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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
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
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