Location: California--Palm Springs / Collection: West (H. H.) Collection - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A distant photograph of a railroad construction crew repairing a culvert on the tracks between Beaumont and Indio near Whitewater. Work cars sit on the tracks at center and extend to the right. A pile driver stands at the front of the cars left-of-center with workers standing around it. Beneath the pile driver, there appears to be a culvert that is being repaired. Dark smoke rises from a smokestack on the leftmost work car. A worker stands on the flat bed of the work car at right. Along the bottom edge of the flatbed work car, it reads, "S. P. 787." Along the side of the bed of the leftmost car, it reads, "S. P. PILE DRIVER [?]26." Planks of lumber lie next to the tracks in front of this car. Logs lie on the ground at left down from the tracks. It appears that a couple of the photographer's fingers may have entered the frame along the upper left edge.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a stretch of railroad tracks for the Southern Pacific Railroad running between Beaumont and Indio near Whitewater. The tracks extend from the lower right corner and up along the right edge where they eventually disappear near the horizon. Two tufts of smoke from trains are seen in the distance at center. The tracks are surrounded by low brush in a desert that extends towards mountains in the far distance at left.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker and Josie Shaw caught strolling around Palm Springs. Agnes and Forrest Whitaker stand on a street corner while Josie Shaw approaches them from the street. Agnes stands in profile facing right. Forrest stands slightly in front of her. He faces left, but his head is turned towards camera. He has a hand raised to his forehead, shading his face from the sun. Josie walks towards them with her back to the camera. Palm trees stand on either side of the sidewalk. The front of a building is at right. Signs for the corner business read, "[...]te Sho[...]," and "Shipped." At left and around the corner from the storefront, another business sign reads, "PALM SPRINGS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY." On the sidewalk extending into the background at left, a sign reads, "PARKING 1 HOUR [undecipherable]." Transformers stand in the distant open space between the building and a palm tree.
Date:: May 2, 1942
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a stretch of railroad tracks for the Southern Pacific Railroad running between Beaumont and Indio near Whitewater. The tracks extend from the bottom center and up through the middle of the image where they veer left and disappear near the horizon. A small railroad stop (partial view) stands on the left edge of the image; its shadow extends toward the tracks. Behind it, there stands a mileage post. The tracks are surrounded by a desert that extends towards low mountains in the far distance at right.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a stretch of railroad tracks for the Southern Pacific Railroad running between Beaumont and Indio near Whitewater. The tracks extend from the bottom right and up along the right edge where they eventually disappear near the horizon. Smoke from a train is seen in the distance at center. The tracks are surrounded by low brush in a desert that extends towards mountains in the far distance at left.
Date:: 1899
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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