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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
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
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