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Title
Mertie West looking out of window on Pullman car, Albuquerque, 1947
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
October, 1947
1947-10
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 Mertie West looking out of the window of a railroad car on the streamliner, Pullman Hotevilla. The train car is viewed close-up and at an angle from the side. It extends beyond the width of the image, receding as it stretches to the left. Mertie West looks to the camera as she stands inside the train and gazes out the window at center. A large streak of white enters frame from the lower left corner.
Text from negative sleeve: 2328. Eastern trip October 1947. 1 Mertie West on platform at Albuquerque 2 Our Streamliner Pullman Hotevilla 3 Mertie West looking out of Pullman 3 films
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2328_002
ark:/21198/zz002j3g4w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad locomotives--American--New Mexico--Albuquerque
Railroad cars--American--New Mexico--Albuquerque
Railroad travel--New Mexico--Albuquerque
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Pullman Company
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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