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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West stepping onto a curb while walking through Alexandria. A street enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. A sidewalk stretches alongside it at right. At center, Mertie West steps up from the street and onto the sidewalk with her back to camera. Just down the street at left, a car is parked along the curb. It is viewed from the rear. Behind Mertie, a storefront stands at a street corner. A group of pedestrians walk to the left of the storefront. Behind them and the car, a cross street stretches across the image. It is obscured by the car at left and disappears behind the shop at right. Buildings stand in the background at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2372. Eastern trip October 1947 Alexandria, Va. 1 & 2 Two views of Mertie West on streets of Alexandria, Va. 3 Mertie West sitting in George Washington pew Christ Church. 4 Christ Church from rear 5 Grave of Thos West in churchyard Christ Church 6 Entrance to Carlyle House 7 Mertie West in lobby of George Washington Memorial 8 Replica of the original Lodge room presided over by George Washington, with relics. 9 Mertie West leaving the Washington Memorial, overlooking Alexandria. 10 View of Alexandria from base of Memorial
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2372_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3s9t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Streets--Virginia--Alexandria City & town life--Virginia--Alexandria Sightseers--Virginia--Alexandria West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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