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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 72000144 Photograph of Mertie West standing in Boston Common and reading the Boston Common Tablet. A walkway through the park stretches along the bottom edge . Mertie West stands on the walkway, just right-of-center. She stands with her back to the camera as she looks slightly upward to read the Boston Common Tablet. The bronze tablet is mounted along the back edge of the walkway and is surrounded by a low, wrought-iron fence. A woman at right holds a newspaper as she leans on the fence. She faces towards camera. Beyond the tablet, a taller, wrought-iron fence lines the Common's edge. Cars park along Park Street behind it. Park Street Church stands across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2351 Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1 Marker of redoubt on Bunker Hill 2 H.H.West beside Frog pond in the Common 3 Same - close up 4 H.H.West at Crispus Atticks [sic] shaft in the commons 5 Mertie West reading tablet in corner of commons 6 & 7 Tomb of Paul Revere in Old Granary burying ground. H.H.West by new shaft 8 H.H.West knocking on door of Paul Revere house. It was Sunday and not open for visitors
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2351_004 ark:/21198/zz002j3m6v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Plaques--Massachusetts--Boston Boston Common (Boston, Mass.) Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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