Signs posted along the roadside, Winnemucca vicinity, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Signs posted along the roadside, Winnemucca vicinity, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 20, 1942

Date

1942-06-20

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of 2 signs posted alongside the road and taken while H. H. West and company travel through Nevada en route to Yellowstone. A road passes through the image across the bottom frame on a downward angle from left to right. A sign displaying mileage to various cities stands adjacent to the road at left. It faces towards the right and reads, "LOVELOCK 71 FERNLEY 130 RENO 166 SAN FRANCISCO 410." The desert brush sprawls beyond it. Further off the road, a larger sign stands at center. It too faces right, it reads, "TWO STIFFS SELLING GAS LOVELOCK, NEV. 72 MILES STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS AUTO COURT." Ground brush stretches into the distance. Mountains are visible in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1580. Yellowstone trip 1942. Two Stiffs sign 71 miles east of Lovelock, Nev. Saturday June 20, 1942. 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

Location

Nevada--Winnemucca

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobile travel--Nevada
Landscapes (Representations)
Signs (Notices)