Photograph, from left to right, of Wes Witherby, Mertie West and Zetta Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Wes Witherby pours a drink out of a canister while looking across the table to the women. Mertie West looks off to the left. To her right, Zetta Witherby turns her head to look back to the camera. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Lake Mead lies in the distance to the left. Partially built structures clutter the background behind the group. Mountains rise in the distance.
Photograph, from left to right, of: Zetta Witherby, Mertie West and Wes Witherby looking at the Lake Mead reservoir from behind a low wall made of rocks near the Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). At the center of the photograph, Wes Witherby stands with his hands in his pockets and his body facing the right to look at the river. Mertie stands behind him to the left and looks towards the camera. Zetta Witherby stands behind Mertie on the left and looks out at the landscape with her hand to her chest. A cloudy sky, canyons and the reservoir occupy the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of the upstream face, 2 intake towers and spillway of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam on the Nevada side, as viewed from the Arizona side. The Lake Mead reservoir occupies the foreground and the surrounding mountains rises in the background. Power lines are scattered across the mountaintops on the left side of the photograph.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Zetta Witherby and Wes Witherby sitting and eating lunch at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Mead. At left, Mertie West turns towards Zetta Witherby to her right. Zetta Witherby sits with her back turned to the camera. Beyond Zetta, Wes Witherby (partially obscured) sits on the opposite side of the table with his hand to his mouth. The table is lined with food and drink containers sitting atop newspaper. Just beyond them, cars are parked on the shoreline to the left and vacant picnic tables line the shoreline behind them. Lake Mead is in the distance with mountains rising behind it.
Photograph of the [Lake] Mead Boat Landing as viewed upon approaching the hut. The hut is at center of the image at the end of dock on Lake Mead. A sign atop the hut reads, "[LAKE] MEAD BOAT LANDING [damage to negative] BOAT TRIPS TO FISHING TACKLE BOULDER DAM-VIRGIN BASIN-PIERCE FERRY-GRAND CANYON". Beyond the first section of the hut, there is another section with an unknown man sitting at a counter underneath. To the right of the Boat Landing hut, a boat is tethered to the dock (partial view). Lake Mead and the surrounding mountains occupy the background.
