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Aerial view of Death Valley's Scotty's Castle and grounds

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Order Number	00073678
Title	Aerial view of Death Valley's Scotty's Castle and grounds
Studio	Spence Air Photos (Firm).
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 9123 8x10
Date	Circa 1939
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Aeriel view from above of Death Valley's Scotty's Castle and grounds surrounded by mountains. Formerly called Death Valley Ranch, Scotty's Castle was built, but never completed, in the 1920s. Flamboyant cowboy, storyteller, Walter Scott, convinced Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson to invest in his (fraudulent) gold mine in the Death Valley area. Johnson actually spent time vacationing and recuperating from illness at the property, which is now a museum.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	Scotty's Castle. Mountains--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). Dwellings--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). Works Progress Administration Collection photographs. Scott, Walter E.1872-1954. Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.). Johnson, Albert,1904-1993.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection