Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

August 5, 1946

Date

1946-08-05

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. Mertie stands at center wearing a life jacket. She faces towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail as she looks out at the ocean to the right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind her and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2195. Alaska Trip. Aug.5, 1946 En route 1. Fire drill H.H.West in Life Presvr [sic] 2. Native children on boat in life pres [sic] 3. Lounge observation windows in bow 4. Fire drill by crew 5. L to R Frances Wells Honor Kempton in life preservers 6. Mertie West in life preserver 7. Frances Wells in life preserver Honor Kempton over shoulder 8. Steerage passengers in bow

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Alaska

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Life preservers
Passengers--Alaska
Ocean travel
Ships--American--Alaska