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Title
Wes Witherby, Mertie West, Dode Witherby and Zetta Witherby at the narrow gauge train in 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 Wes Witherby, Mertie West, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby and Zetta Witherby posing on the Death Valley Railroad's narrow gauge train at its terminus in Ryan. The train is viewed close-up. It stretches back on an angle from right to left. Benches line the passenger cars. At far left, Wes Witherby stands on a lumber platform next to the train. He looks to the right as he rests a hand to one of the benches. Mertie West, Dode Witherby and Zetta Witherby sit together on a bench to the right of Wes. All look to camera. Additional passengers sit aboard the train behind them. Behind the train at right, a shed stands in partial view. A rocky hillside rises in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 2269. Death Valley Trip. March 1947. Ryan. Narrow gage [sic] train. L to R: Wes Witherby, Mertie West, Unknown girl in rear, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2269_001
ark:/21198/zz002j36d5
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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