Car stopped along the roadside, Barstow vicinity, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Car stopped along the roadside, Barstow vicinity, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

March, 1947

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West and company's car stopped during a lunch break along the roadside just west of Barstow. A road stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. It appears to incline as it approaches the left. On the far side of the road at center, a car is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side, facing left. The trunk of the car is open and suitcases are visible within it. Behind the car, a wood post and wire fence runs parallel to the road.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2271. Death Valley Trip March 1947. Where we stopped for lunch just west of Barstow. Our car. 2 bum films of H.H.West taken at Bad Water Death Valley

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Rest stops--California--Barstow
Automobile travel--California
Automobiles--American--California--Barstow

Location

California--Barstow

Resource type

still image