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Title: Mertie West looks down onto the S. S. Del Norte from behind a guardrail on the S. S. President, New Orleans, 1947
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: October, 1947
1947-10
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Mertie West looking down onto the S. S. Del Norte from the S. S. President while both ships are moored at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans. A deck of the S. S. President arcs across the foreground. Its perimeter is lined by a guardrail with lattice-work. Mertie West stands, just-left-of-center on the near side of the guardrail. Her back faces camera as she looks down towards the S. S. Del Norte. The S. S. Del Norte is docked at the wharf, below and to the right of Mertie. It is visible between the fencing of the S. S. President. A tarp covers the near portion of the stern. Beyond the tarp, masts, rigging and cabins rise from the ship's top deck. At right, a warehouse standing on the wharf enters frame from right and extends back towards center, disappearing behind the Del Norte. Signage on the building reads, "[PO]YDRAS STREET WHARF DIV. [4] UP DIV. 5 DOWN." The Mississippi River flows to the left of the ships and into the distance. Large patches of white light flank the lower left and right edges.
Text from negative sleeve: 2374. Eastern Trip October 1947 New Orleans 1 Mertie West on seat on Sight Seeing Boat on River. Small film 2 Narrow street scene Small film 3 L to R Mertie West, Mr and Mrs Colin D Care of Glendale, Calif. 4 Along the docks 5 Entrance to the docks foot Canal St 6 Sign at the docks. Del Norte SS in rear 7 & 8 Two views of the SS De [sic] Norte 9 Mertie West on SS President looks down at Del Norte 10 Mertie West on Canal street 11 SS President; our sight seeing trip on the river
Type
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_2374_007
ark:/21198/zz002j3sv3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sightseers--Louisiana--New Orleans
Marines (Visual works)
Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Mississippi River
Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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