View looking across Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley National Park, 1946

Item Overview

Title

View looking across Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley National Park, 1946

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 the Ubehebe Crater at Death Valley National Monument, as viewed from the rim. The valley floor of the crater stretches along the bottom edge. In the near distance the crater walls rise across the image. Sediment striping is visible on the crater wall. Beyond the far rim, mountains are visible standing in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2264. Death Valley trip March 1947. Ubehebe crater. At crater's edge: L to R: Zetta Witherby. Wes Witherby. Dode Witherby. Mertie West. Wind blowing a gale. 2 films

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.)

Longitude

37.010624

Latitude

-117.454817

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Landscapes (Representations)
Craters--California
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)