H. H. West Jr. holds his luggage at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, San Luis Obispo, 1942

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West Jr. holds his luggage at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, 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

Notes

Description

H. H. West Jr. holds his luggage at the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. He wears sunglasses and a hat. There is a truck behind him with a cart pulled up behind it. A man stands on the cart bending over. There is another man visible behind the cart. The station is in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1194. Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. Sunday March 8, 1942. Our arrival at the S. P. R. R. depot. I had H. H. West Jr. line up his comrades for a picture. Sorry did not get their names. 1. Q. M. C. group en route to Alaska. H. H. West Jr. at extreme right with dark glasses. 2. H. H. West Jr. with his grip on the station platform. The army baggage truck in rear. 3. Unloading the soldiers' baggage from truck to platform baggage truck. 4. The soldiers on the platform after arrival. 4 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Location

California--San Luis Obispo

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Soldiers--American--California--San Luis Obispo