H. H. West and Mertie West pose along the roadside, Wells vicinity, 1942

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West and Mertie West pose along the roadside, Wells vicinity, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Frame, John H., b. 1905 or 06

Date Created

June 20, 1942

Date

1942-06-20

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie West posing on the side of a road just east of Wells while traveling to Yellowstone. H. H. West and Mertie West stand at center on the shoulder of a road. Ground brush extends across a flat landscape behind them and snow-covered mountains rise in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1582. Yellowstone trip 1942. Saturday, June 20, 1942. Leaving Battle Mountain, Nev. we picked up a soldier en route east. Mertie West and Staff Sergeant John Frame, 629 Grant Street, Camden, N.J. en route to Ft Dix, N.J. Photo taken just east of Wells, Nev. Sgt Frame then takes picture of H.H.West and Mertie West. 2 films. [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, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Nevada--Wells

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Automobile travel--Nevada