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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Distant view of Mertie West walking along a driveway in Arlington National Cemetery. A cemetery lawn enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches straight back. Beside it, a wide driveway runs parallel to it at right, also entering frame from the bottom edge. Down the road and at center, Mertie West walks, approaching the camera. Behind her, the driveway widens into a roundabout. Shrubbery sits in the middle of the roundabout. Trees and shrubbery dot the cemetery's grounds throughout the image. Text from negative sleeve: 2370. Eastern trip October 1947 Arlington 1 Entrance to Arlington cemetery from Arlington Memorial bridge 2 Mertie West and two ladies crossing boulevard at entrance to cemetery to catch bus for Washington 3 Graves in Arlington 4 Mertie West walking along driveway in Arlington cemetery 5 War Memorial and tomb of unknown soldier Mertie West 6 Close up of tomb of unknown soldier 7 Some one photographing the guard at tomb of unknown soldier
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2370_004 ark:/21198/zz002j3rsk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sightseers--Virginia--Arlington Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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