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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing on a sidewalk alongside Canal Street in New Orleans. The camera looks northwest down Canal Street. A sidewalk spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back towards the mid-ground, where it meets a side street. In the foreground at left, an awning hangs from the top edge. Along the right edge, a nearby storefront stretches straight back. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She stands near the curb and looks to the camera. Behind her, a street passes across the image. Several pedestrians cross the street. On the opposite side of the street, a block of buildings stands and stretches back into the distance. Signage for the building's near occupants reads, "Catherine SHOPS," and "[...] & SON INC. WHOLESALE JEWELERS." At left, cars park along Canal Street. Canal Street enters frame from left and extends into the distance towards center. Buildings line the opposite side of Canal Street in the background at left. Large streaks of white flank the image on the lower left and lower 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_008 ark:/21198/zz002j3swm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sightseers--Louisiana--New Orleans Canal Street (New Orleans, La.) City & town life--Louisiana--New Orleans West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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