Names: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 / Subject: Signs (Notices) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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.
Date:: March, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of H. H. West posing next to signs advertising Santa Claus Lodge and Coca-Cola that are posted along the roadside in Gulkana. H. H. West stands in the near distance at center, along the right edge of the road. He faces towards the right and points an arm out towards signs at right. The signs are posted to a telephone pole that stands off to the right side of a road. The signs are viewed from the front and sit low on the pole. They read, "SANTA CLAUS LODGE," and "PAUSE...DRINK Coca-Cola." Tall grasses and utility poles stretch into the distance along the right side. The road enters frame along the bottom edge and from the left. The junction merges to the left of H. H. West. The road stretches into the distance behind H. H. on angle to the right.
Date:: August 23, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and H. H. West posing with a "Montgomery" sign in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance at center, Mertie West and H. H. West look to camera as they pose with a sign. H. H. West holds the sign, which reads, "MONTGOMERY." To the right of them, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. The person sitting on the near end of the bench looks to the camera. A tree stands behind and to the right of the bench. Three men gather around a clipboard hanging from the tree. Picnic attendees mill about Lincoln Park in the background. A grove of trees stands in the distance.
Date:: August 7, 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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