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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A poorly-lit photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and an unidentified woman standing down the street from the Old South Meeting House in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood of Boston. Washington Street spans the width of the image along the bottom edge. It extends back through the center of the image, curving to the left before disappearing behind buildings. Mertie West and another woman stand in the middle of the street at center. Mertie is leftmost and stands in profile, facing right. The woman at right turns her back to the camera. Buildings line both sides of Washington Street as it stretches into the background. At right and in the near distance, the Old South Meeting House stands. The church's bell tower juts out towards the street. A clock is inset on the near side of the tower. The tower is capped by a tall steeple. Four punched holes line the left edge. 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 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
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2335_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3h3v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cities & towns--Massachusetts Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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