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Title
Car stopped along the roadside, Barstow 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 of H. H. West and company's car stopped during a lunch break along the roadside just west of Barstow. A road stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. It appears to incline as it approaches the left. On the far side of the road at center, a car is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side, facing left. The trunk of the car is open and suitcases are visible within it. Behind the car, a wood post and wire fence runs parallel to the road.
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_002
ark:/21198/zz002j36hq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rest stops--California--Barstow
Automobile travel--California
Automobiles--American--California--Barstow
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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