Mertie West exits a restroom at Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West exits a restroom at Lake Mead, 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, taken as she exits the women's restroom at Lake Mead. Mertie is at center and adjusts her eyeglasses as she steps down to exit the restroom. The restroom extends to her right and is supported atop railway ties. It is made of wood and has a low-pitched roof, with 3 sets of double support beams, extends around the building. On the underside of the roof at right, wiring runs along the side of the structure. Multiple cars are parked in the near distance at left and a desert landscape with mountains occupy the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 226. Boulder Dam trip March 21, 22 and 23 1939. 674 miles. See Nos.224 & 225. Rest rooms on the desert near Hodge. Standard Oil Station at Baker. Zetta making for the rest room. Mertie and Wes at the left. The sign at Baker showing road to Death Valley. 2 negatives of the toilet at Lake Mead[.] The Dam. Intake towers. Boat landing at Lake Mead. 8 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

Public comfort stations--Nevada--Boulder City