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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West and several other sightseers standing behind a railing and looking out towards Niagara Falls. Sightseers, including Mertie West, stand in a row across the image. Most stand with their backs to the camera. Women standing along the left and right edges stand in profile, facing towards center. Mertie stands third from the left. One woman, third from right, looks through a viewing scope. Everyone stands on the near side of the railing. The stone and ornamented metal railing stretches across the image beyond the sightseers. Portions of the falls are barely visible through the railing. Sunlight casts the sightseers' shadows on an angle across the sidewalk that stretches along the bottom edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2332. Eastern trip October 1947. Niagara Falls. 1 Checking and customs station on entering Canada. 2 3d from left Mertie West looking at falls. 3 Mertie West looking at Horseshoe fall 4 Another of the same 5 Mertie West at the railing 6 The Canadian port of entry. 6 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2332_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3gm4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) Scenic overlooks--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) Sightseers--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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