Mertie West watches a geyser erupt in the Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West watches a geyser erupt in the Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 23, 1942

Date

1942-06-23

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1589. Yellowstone trip 1942. Tuesday, June 23, 1942. 1. Norris Junction basin. Mertie West at extreme right. 2. Mertie West at Norris Junction basin. Think that active geyser is the "Perpetual Spouter." 3. Gibbons Falls. 3 films [Note: In all instances of the year date, 1942, the last digit (2) is handwritten over a typed 3.]
Photograph of Mertie West standing near an erupting geyser in Norris Geyser Basin. Mertie West stands in the foreground at right. She faces towards the distance at center; her back faces slightly right. She watches as a geyser in the near distance at center erupts. A large cloud of steam rises from the geyser alongside spouting water. Beyond the geyser, a walkway passes through the image on a slight upward angle from right to left. Further in the distance, another geyser at right, behind Mertie, vents steam that wafts towards the left. Pines line a low hillside in the far distance.

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

Yellowstone National Park

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Norris Geyser Basin (Wyo.)
Geysers--Wyoming
Sightseers--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park