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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 66000778 Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and an unidentified woman standing down the street from the Old South Meeting House in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood of Boston. Mertie West and the other woman stand on the sidewalk in the foreground. Mertie stands in partial view along the left edge and looks to camera. The other woman stands at center with her back to camera. Washington Street enters frame from the lower right corner and extends back on an angle to the left. Buildings line the far side of Washington Street as it stretches back to the left. In the near distance, left-of-center, the Old South Meeting House stands. The church's front tower juts out towards the street. A clock is inset on the near side of the tower. The tower is capped by a tall steeple. Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] x [end handwritten] 2353. Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1, 2 & 3 poor films of Holy Name parade 4 & 5 poor films of Paul Revere's house 6 & 7 two photos of Mertie West in Old Granary burial ground 8 & 9 Fanueil [sic] Hall 10 Policeman in box in street directing traffic 11 Poor film Mertie West in front of First Church Christian Science 12 Horses still pull wagons in street 13 Tablet on Old North Church 14 Unknown monument 15 Mertie West looking at Old South Ch 16 Some street scene
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2353_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3mqm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Boston Cities & towns--Massachusetts Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston Old South Meeting House (Boston, Mass.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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