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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. A hazy and out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing on a street corner in Seattle. The curb Mertie West stands upon enters frame from the bottom edge and extends back and out-of-frame at left. Mertie West stands left-of-center and is viewed close-up. She looks to the left. Directly behind her, a pole stands. Beyond the pole, a car (partial view) is parked along the street. It is viewed at an angle from the rear. Its license plate reads, "A165 [...] WASHINGTO[N] [...]." Behind and to the right of Mertie, a man steps off the curb and crosses the street. He faces right. On the far side of road, cars are parked in front of a long building that enters frame at right, stretching alongside the road and into the distance at left. Five punched holes line the right edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2321. Color. Banff trip June 1947. Seattle July 2, 1947. 1. Shoppers at Public Market 2. Mertie West on the corner 3. Union Depot Seattle, a busy traffic spot
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