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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 66000138 Photograph of Mertie West posing in front of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. Lexington Street enters frame along the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the left. On the right side of the street, a brick building rises along the right edge. To the left of the building, Mertie West stands, right-of-center, on the sidewalk at the intersection of Lexington Street and Monument Square. Monument Square passes behind her. At the far corner, wrought-iron fencing lines the perimeter of Bunker Hill at center. In the distance, right-of-center, the Bunker Hill Monument obelisk rises to the sky. It is viewed from the northeast. Text from negative sleeve: 2350. Eastern trip Boston October 1947 1 Interior Fanueihl [sic] Hall showing painting over stage Daniel Webster replying to Hayne 2 Mertie West sitting in Fanueil [sic] Hall. Painting of George Washington at right of stage 3 Mertie West standing at entrance First Methodist Church in Boston in Italian center 4 WEST street down by the market 5 & 6 View of Holy Name parade from our hotel window (Statler) 7 Mertie West talking to caretaker at Bunker Hill monument 8 Mertie West at corner at entrance to Bunker Hill monument park
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