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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A double-exposed and blurry photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie West posing in front of a pool at Badwater Basin. The couple stands at center and appear to look to the camera. Their figures are blurred. Behind them, a pool of water sits in the basin and extends to the right, out-of-frame. Beyond the pool, salt flats stretch into the distance. Mountains rise in the background at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2271. Death Valley Trip March 1947. Where we stopped for lunch just west of Barstow. Our car. 2 bum films of H.H.West taken at Bad Water Death Valley
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2271_001 ark:/21198/zz002j36g6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Basins (Bodies of water)--California--Death Valley National Park Pools--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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