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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West and other sightseers entering the Ryan Borax Mine. Mertie West stands nearest to camera at right. She walks with her back to the camera. Further ahead of her, 5 others walk into the entrance of a mine. The mine entrance is viewed close-up. Rocks surround the lumber, post-and-lintel entryway. Beyond the entrance, the mine tunnel extends back beneath the rocks and into shadow. Text from negative sleeve: 2270. Death Valley Trip. March 1947. Entrance to Ryan Borax Mine. Mertie West at extreme right.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2270_001 ark:/21198/zz002j36fp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sightseers--California--Death Valley National Park Mining--California--Death Valley National Park West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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