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Unidentified man standing in front of a shed with some type of machinery on platform at Gold Crater Well. May 2, 1931.

This is an historic black and white photograph from the Scotty's Castle Historic Photograph Collection, Death Valley National Park of man posing for camera in front of metal shack on rock foundation with pump equipment on deck in front. Shack is made of corrugated tin. Wood platform with ladder from ground holds equipment. Metal, two-wheel equipment, probably pump, on platform. Man dressed in hat, simple shirt, jeans with cuff rolled up.

Unidentified man standing in front of a shed with some type of machinery on platform at Gold Crater Well. May 2, 1931. Crude shed covered with corrugated tin on loosely stacked rock foundation. Heavy cast iron piece of equipment, probably a pump, with two fly wheels set on wood platform even with shed doorway. Wood ladder to platform. Box type wood structure in front of equipment. Wagon wheel leaning against rock wall. Inscription in black ink on obverse lower edge: Gold Crater Well 5-2-31. Black and white, horizontal format. All the wells and springs in this series of photographs are near the Kawich Range in Nevada that Johnson purchased for horse range and water rights.

U.S. National Park Service

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Upper Grapevine Ranch - Scottys Castle, (DEVA-Location)
, 2nd construction phase 1925-1931, (Death Valley Scotty's Castle Time Period)
, Scottys Castle Cook House, (DEVA-Structure)

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Death Valley National Park, Code: DEVA

Death Valley Ranch 37”01’47.North 117”20’13.West
Death Valley National Park
Latitude: 36.5675506591797, Longitude: -117.138999938965

NPS Museum Catalog Number : DEVA 17875

Scottys Castle Historic Photograph Collection

Title: Scotty’s Castle Maps and Floor Plans
URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/DEVA/GetAsset/25e339e10ed44d0d9979a79de0b8135d

20230113

05/02/1931

Print, Photographic

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Organization: Death Valley National Park
Position: Museum Curator, Scotty's Castle
Address: P. O. Box 579, Death Valley, CA 92328, (760) 786-3258
Email: DEVA_Curator_SC@nps.gov

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Scenic , Historic

Death Valley National Park