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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. An out-of-focus and poorly-lit or poorly-exposed photograph of Mertie West standing at a street curb outside the Methodist Church she attended while visiting New York City. The sidewalk she stands upon enters from the left side of the bottom frame and extends straight back into the distance. In the near distance, Mertie West stands at the sidewalk's edge, left-of-center. She stands in profile, facing right, but turns her head towards camera. Behind her, at left, other pedestrians walk down the sidewalk in the distance. To the right of Mertie, a wide street enters frame from the right side of the bottom edge and extends back towards center. Dozens of cars travel along the street. Buildings and skyscrapers line both sides of the street as it recedes into the background. Four punched holes line the top edge at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2348. COLOR New York Eastern trip October 1947. 1, 2 and 3 films of the ice skaters at Rockefeller Center 4 and 5 two films of Mertie on the curb at the Methodist Church we attended Sunday 6 View of Fifth Ave
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2348_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3kgh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
New York (N.Y.) Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York City & town life--New York (State)--New York Streets--New York (State)--New York West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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