Double-exposure of H. H. West and Mertie West posing at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Double-exposure of H. H. West and Mertie West posing 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 double-exposed and blurry photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie West posing in front of a pool at Badwater Basin. The couple stands at center and appear to look to the camera. Their figures are blurred. Behind them, a pool of water sits in the basin and extends to the right, out-of-frame. Beyond the pool, salt flats stretch into the distance. Mountains rise in the background at left.

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
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)

Longitude

36.229991

Latitude

-116.767396

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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