Mertie West and other visitors enter the Ryan Borax Mine, Death Valley National Park vicinity, 1947

Title: Mertie West and other visitors enter the Ryan Borax Mine, 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

Description: Photograph of Mertie West and other sightseers entering the Ryan Borax Mine. Mertie West stands nearest to camera at right. She walks with her back to the camera. Further ahead of her, 5 others walk into the entrance of a mine. The mine entrance is viewed close-up. Rocks surround the lumber, post-and-lintel entryway. Beyond the entrance, the mine tunnel extends back beneath the rocks and into shadow.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2270. Death Valley Trip. March 1947. Entrance to Ryan Borax Mine. Mertie West at extreme right.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sightseers--California--Death Valley National Park
Mining--California--Death Valley National Park

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2270_001
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j36fp
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.