Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman passenger train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman passenger train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

July 3, 1947

Date

1947-07-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West sitting aboard the Pullman car, Lake Sheridan, while traveling en route from Banff to Los Angeles. The train car is viewed close-up, from the exterior, and at an angle from the side. The side of the car stretches back on an angle across the image from left to right as it sits on the tracks. It extends beyond the frame at left and right. Mertie West sits behind the third window from the left and looks to the camera. Above the windows, it reads, "[P]ULLMAN," and below the windows it reads, "LAKE SHERIDAN."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2295. Banff trip 1947. En route home July 3, 1947. 2 films Mertie West in our Pullman LAKE SHERIDAN. Old Methuslia, our porter. 3 films of Mt Shasta taken from train. 6 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Pullman Company

Location

California--Mount Shasta

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad passenger cars--American--California--Mount Shasta
Passengers--California--Mount Shasta
Railroad travel--California--Mount Shasta