Twenty mule team wagon train on display near Furnace Creek Camp, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Twenty mule team wagon train on display near Furnace Creek Camp, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

March, 1947

Date

1947-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a 20 mule team wagon train on display near Furnace Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. The wagon train is viewed close-up from the side and in partial view; it extends out-of-frame at left. The section of the train in full view is supported by 4 wheels; 2 visible at front and 2 on the back side of the wagon. A sign affixed to the side of the wagon reads, "20 MULE TEAM WAGON TRAIN 1885 USED IN HAULING BORAX from DEATH VALLEY TO MOJAVE 165 MILES · 10 DAYS LOAD · 20 TONS." Cabins are barely visible in the background at far right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2259. Death Valley trip March 1947 Some of the old vehicles around Furnace Creek Camp 5 films Mertie West by the old Express Wagon

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Wagon trains--California--Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)