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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A blurry photograph of H. H. West posing beside a sign standing in Badwater Basin marking the lowest point in the western hemisphere (at the time). H. H. West stands in the near distance at center and looks to the camera. A sign posted to the left of him reads, "BAD WATER 279.6 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL LOWEST POINT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE." The dry lake of Badwater Basin is visible behind and to the left of the sign, extending out-of-frame. Rocky hills rise from the basin and stretch across the background. 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_003 ark:/21198/zz002j36j7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Signs (Notices) Basins (Bodies of water)--California--Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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