Zetta Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby stand and look out onto the Lake Mead reservoir, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Zetta Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby stand and look out onto the Lake Mead reservoir, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

March, 1939

Date

1939-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of: Zetta Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby looking at the Lake Mead reservoir from behind a low wall made of rocks near the Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). At the center of the photograph, Wes Witherby stands with his hands in his pockets and his body facing the right to look at the river. Mertie stands behind him to the left and looks towards the camera. Zetta Witherby stands behind Mertie on the left and looks out at the landscape with her hand to her chest. A cloudy sky, canyons and the reservoir occupy the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 225. Boulder Dam, March 21, 22 and 23 trip with the Witherbys 1939. 674 miles. Mrs H.H.West, Wes Witherby, Zetta Witherby. Mrs H.H.West, Zetta Witherby, Wes Witherby. Zetta, Mertie and Wes. Our cabin at Las Vegas. 2 very poor negatives taken down near the river under the dam. 6 negatives.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948

Location

Nevada--Boulder City

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Reservoirs--Arizona--Mohave County
Mead, Lake (Ariz. and Nev.)
Reservoirs--Nevada--Clark County
Sightseers--Nevada--Boulder City