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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 78000256 (as part of American Revolution Statuary) According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. A poorly exposed and out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing in front of the statue, "Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette," in Lafayette Square. The park's sidewalk passes across the foreground. At the back edge of the sidewalk, a curb stretches across the image, lining the park's grounds as it bows outward towards camera. Mertie West stands, left-of-center, along the back edge of the sidewalk. She faces slightly right as she looks to the camera. Behind her, the statue of Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette stands atop a tall pedestal. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. Bronze figures and reliefs ornament each side of the square base. The figure of Major General Lafayette stands at the top of the base with outstretched arms. The grounds of Lafayette Square extend across the background. Four punched holes line the bottom left edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2341. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Washington. 1 Mertie West on passenger zone platform in street Capitol dome in background 2 Some park monument not identified Think it is General Sherman 3 & 4 Two photos of southern entrance White House taken thru iron picket fence 5 Mertie West in front of Lafayette monument across from white house grounds 6 some colors on the trees out at end of street car ride in town 7 End of bus line to Cabin John bus at right
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2341_002 ark:/21198/zz002j3hs6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sculpture--Washington (D.C.) Sightseers--Washington (D.C.) Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
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