Mertie West stands in the road above Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands in the road above Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

June 19, 1942

Date

1942-06-19

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing in a road that passes by Lake Tahoe. The road stretches across the foreground. Mertie stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She faces towards the right and turns to look to the camera as she crosses her arms in front of her. Mertie faces a car that is parked to the right of her. The car is in partial view and is viewed from the side; its front end faces left. In the distance, Lake Tahoe sprawls across the image, beneath the roadside. A dock extends into the water at far left. Snow-covered mountains rise from the opposite bank in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1579. Yellowstone trip 1942. Lake Tahoe, Calif. Friday June 19, 1942. Mertie West on the banks. 1 film [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]

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

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobiles--American--California
Automobile travel--California
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)