Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby eat lunch on the shore of Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby eat lunch on the shore of 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, from left to right, of Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Wes Witherby pours a drink out of a canister while looking across the table to the women. Mertie West looks off to the left. To her right, Zetta Witherby turns her head to look back to the camera. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Lake Mead lies in the distance to the left. Partially built structures clutter the background behind the group. Mountains rise in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 227. Boulder Dam trip with the Witherbys March 21, 22 and 23, 1939. 674 miles. See Nos.224, 225 and 226. Eating lunch at Lake Mead. Wes Witherby, Zetta Witherby, Mertie West? 3 negatives. Wes Witherby by the tablet. Mrs and Mr H.H.West at side of tablet. Tablet and flagpole at Nevada side of 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--Nevada--Clark County
Eating & drinking
Picnics--Nevada--Boulder City