Death Valley, California

Death Valley, California

Photograph

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Death Valley, California

1946
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 9/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.6 × 16.4 cm)
Paper: 4 15/16 × 7 in. (12.6 × 17.8 cm)
Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith, 2011
Inscriptions typed on applied label affixed to verso, C: [cut off] \ DURING WAR YEARS \ (See Master Caption—one of ten pictures) \ 8. Death Valley.—Beneath the scorching wind-rippled sands of \ Death Valley in the western state of California are tremendous \ deposits of salt and borax. Prospectors have sought gold in \ Death Valley. \ SERVICED BY NEW YORK 1/21/46 TO LIST A 46640-FF
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