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Title
Double-exposure of H. H. West and Mertie West posing at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, 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
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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
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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