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Description
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. NRHP reference # 66000778 A poorly-lit and out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West reading the tablet on the front of the Old South Meeting House in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood of Boston. In the foreground, Milk and Washington Streets intersect. Milk Street stretches along the bottom edge and Washington Street stretches back to the left. The Old South Meeting House stands on the far corner, right-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The church rises beyond the top frame and extends beyond the right edge. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center, in front of the church. She reads a tablet next to the church's front door. The door is inset into the church's bell tower, which rises beyond the top edge. Arched windows vertically line the tower's front side and oculi line the tower's right side. Behind and to the left of the church, buildings stand along Washington Street as it stretches into the distance. Four punched holes line the top edge at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2335. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1 Mertie West in Copp's Burial Hill Mertie at right. 2 Mertie West at left at Old South Church 3 Mertie West reading tablet on Old South Church 4 Holy Name Convention Parade as seen from our Hotel Window 5 Another of same 6 Mertie West beside tablet on gate to Copp's Hill burial ground 5 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2335_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3h1t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cities & towns--Massachusetts Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.)
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