H. H. West's Buick entering Monmouth, Monmouth, 1942

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West's Buick entering Monmouth, Monmouth, 1942

Photographer

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

Date Created

June 30, 1942

Date

1942-06-30

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West's Buick traveling along Oregon Route 51 as it enters the city limits of Monmouth, Oregon. Oregon Route 51 stretches on an angle from the lower left towards the horizon at center. H. H. West's Buick sits along the right side of the road in the near distance, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the rear as it appears to travel away from the camera (west). Tall grasses line the right side of the road. At right, 2 signs posted on the side of the road read, "ENTERING MONMOUTH," and "OREGON 51." In the distance on the left side of the road, a house stands behind a row of trees that line the road.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1605. Yellowstone trip 1942. Tuesday, June 30, 1942. 1. Willamette River, from bridge at Salem, Oregon. 2. Entering Monmouth, Oregon. 3. L to R: Otis Hutchinson, brother of Robert Cascade Hutchinson born on Zigzag or Sandy creek in 1853 on Butler train. H.H.West. 4. The old Davidson house near Monmouth. Up in the grove of trees that can be seen at extreme right side of picture, at top of the hill, is the old Davidson Burying Ground, where the Butlers and other members of the Butler train of 1853 are interred. Hutchinson writes cemetery not disturbed by the [army in 194?-3] 4 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

Location

Oregon--Monmouth

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Traffic signs & signals--Oregon--Monmouth
Automobile travel--Oregon
Automobiles--American--Oregon--Monmouth
Roads--Oregon