H. H. West poses next to a sign at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West poses next to a sign at Badwater Basin, 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

A blurry photograph of H. H. West posing beside a sign standing in Badwater Basin marking the lowest point in the western hemisphere (at the time). H. H. West stands in the near distance at center and looks to the camera. A sign posted to the left of him reads, "BAD WATER 279.6 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL LOWEST POINT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE." The dry lake of Badwater Basin is visible behind and to the left of the sign, extending out-of-frame. Rocky hills rise from the basin and stretch across the background.

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

Names

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

Location

Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)

Longitude

36.229911

Latitude

-116.76778

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Signs (Notices)
Basins (Bodies of water)--California--Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)