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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 # 74000385 An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing beside a tablet on the entrance gate to Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston's North End. A sidewalk stretches along the bottom edge. Mertie West stands on the sidewalk, right-of-center. She looks to the camera. To the left of her, a wrought-iron gate stands. On it is a large tablet. A stone wall, topped by wrought-iron bars, extends to the left of the entrance. Behind and to the right of Mertie, steps beyond the gate lead up to the cemetery grounds. Trees are visible standing in the background. Four punched holes line the lower left edge. 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_006 ark:/21198/zz002j3h4c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
North End (Boston, Mass.) Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Copp’s Hill Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)
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