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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. A sidewalk enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back towards a statue at center. In the near distance, Mertie West stands to the right side of the statue and looks to camera. Beside her, the bronze sculpture of Colonel William Prescott sits atop a granite pedestal. The pedestal stands slightly taller than Mertie. Engraving on the front of the pedestal reads, "COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT JUNE 17, 1775." Behind both Mertie and the sculpture the Bunker Hill Monument obelisk rises at center, extending beyond the top frame. Four punched holes line the lower 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 # 66000138 Text from negative sleeve: 2336. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Bunker Hill. 1 Mertie West reading tablet on Bunker Hill Monument 2 View up street toward Bunker Hill from street car street in Charlestown 3 Mertie West at base Colonel Prescott's statue. 3 films
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