Mertie West speaks to Walter Burgess as they stand in front Camp San Luis Obispo's mess hall, San Luis Obispo, 1942

Title: Mertie West speaks to Walter Burgess as they stand in front Camp San Luis Obispo's mess hall, San Luis Obispo, 1942
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: March 8, 1942
Date: 1942-03-08
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Mertie West was H. H. West's wife.
Mertie West speaks to Walter Burgess as they stand in front Camp San Luis Obispo's mess hall. She wears a turban and glasses and holds her purse in her hand. Burgess squints at her. A sign on the mess hall reads, "Mess hall officers CASC 1947." There is a car parked in the background and power lines above. The mess hall has wooden stairs leading up to it.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1190. Camp San Luis Obispo. March 8, 1942. 1. The officers Mess Hall. Mertie West talking to Walter Burgess, who worked in the kitchen. H. H. West Jr worked in this mess hall for a time as an orderly. 1 film.

Genre: acetate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Burgess, Walter F., 1919-1980
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: California--San Luis Obispo
Longitude: 35.321389
Latitude: -120.738889
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Soldiers--American--California--San Luis Obispo
Military facilities--American--California--San Luis Obispo

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_1190_001
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hsk2v
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.