Mertie West stands under the Boulder Dam near the Colorado River, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands under the Boulder Dam near the Colorado River, 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 of Mertie West standing somewhere beneath the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam near the Colorado River. She stands right-of-center and faces to the left. Mertie wears a long, dark coat and a hat. An unknown woman in a long, light coat stands behind her to the left. Tracks run along the ground behind the both of them and a large structure with windows occupies 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

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Nevada--Boulder City

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sightseers--Nevada--Boulder City
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)