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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this photograph was taken in New Orleans. The church standing in the distance is Old North Church in Boston. The Wests visited both Boston and New Orleans during their "Eastern trip" in October, 1947. NRHP reference # 66000776 A poorly-exposed photograph of Mertie West posing on a sidewalk in Boston's North End with Old North Church rising in the background. Mertie West stands in the foreground at left and looks to camera. Behind her, the sidewalk she stands upon stretches down and back towards center. It lines Hull Street, which enters frame from the lower right edge and stretches back towards center. A lamppost stands along the right edge. Behind and to the left of Mertie, the iron fencing of Copp's Hill Burying Ground is barely visible. Further down Hull Street, buildings line both sides of the street. In the near distance at center, Old North Church stands in partial view at the foot of Hull Street. Its front tower rises, facing towards camera. A clock face is inset into the steeple's tower. It is capped by the steeple's lantern and spire. A hazy, white film glazes over the majority of the image. 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_011 ark:/21198/zz002j3t0n
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
North End (Boston, Mass.) Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
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