Wes Witherby, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West board the narrow gauge train in Ryan, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Wes Witherby, Dode Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West board the narrow gauge train in Ryan, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 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, from left to right, of Wes Witherby, Dode (Sarah Josephine) Witherby, Zetta Witherby and Mertie West boarding the Death Valley Railroad's narrow gauge train at its terminus at Ryan, California. A car is parked along the left edge in the foreground. It faces towards the camera and extends beyond the frame at left. Its license plate reads, "19 CALIFORNIA 47 70 V 908." At right, the passenger cars of the narrow gauge train sit on the train tracks. It enters frame at right and stretches back towards the left. Benches line the passenger cars. Zetta Witherby and Mertie West sit beside one another on a seat on the second car. Other passengers board behind them. Between the car at left and the train, Wes Witherby and Dode Witherby stand with their backs to the camera as they wait to board the train. A rocky hillside rises at right, behind the train.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Witherby, Zetta Bowman, 1875-1957
Witherby, Sarah Josephine, 1876-1968
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Death Valley Railroad
Witherby, Warren Wesley, 1871-1948

Location

Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Narrow gauge railroads--California--Death Valley National Park