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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the New York Stock Exchange building while visiting the Financial District. A wide sidewalk enters frame along the bottom edge at left and stretches back towards center. In the foreground at right, a car in partial view is parked along the curb, facing camera. Two men lean against the car and face left. Just beyond them, in the near distance, Mertie West stands along the street curb. She stands in profile facing left, but turns her head to camera. Men walk along the sidewalk to the left of her and away from the camera. The New York Stock Exchange building lines the far left side of the sidewalk. It enters frame from the left edge and stands in partial view. Decorated corbels support balconies that extend outward from the building's second-story. An American Flag and a United Hospital Fund flag also extend out from the building and fly over the sidewalk. In the distance at right, Federal Hall National Monument stands in partial view. It is viewed from its front facade. Columns line its portico, supporting an entablature and pediment. A statue stands outside the front of the building. Surrounding buildings in the Financial District rise in the background. NRHP reference # 78001877 (New York Stock Exchange); NRHP reference # 66000095 (Federal Hall National Memorial) Text from negative sleeve: 2361. Eastern trip October 1947 New York City 1 View from Empire State Bldg looking down on Penna R R station and Postoffice [sic] and Hudson river 2 Mertie West in front of Stock Exchange Sub Treasury bldg in background 3 Scene on Wall Street 4 Mertie West in front of stock exchan [sic] 5 View from tower of Empire State bldg 6, 7, 8 & 9 Four view s [sic] of Mertie West on balcony Empire State Bldg 10 and 11 One large and one small picture taken in Chinatown
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2361_002 ark:/21198/zz002j3p9c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) Neoclassicism (Architecture)--New York (State)--New York Pedestrians--New York (State)--New York Sightseers--New York (State)--New York Federal Hall National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 New York Stock Exchange
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