Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 3, 1946

Date

1946-08-03

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing on the top deck of a ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. Mertie West stands at center and looks to the camera. In front of her, a hand crank juts into the foreground from the right. The deck floor that Mertie stands upon extends on an upward angle from left to right. Behind Mertie, an upper deck cabin stands. A door sits behind and to the right of Mertie. Single portholes are inset on both sides of the door. Atop the cabin, a sign reading, "ALASKA STEAMSHI[P]," extends out-of-frame at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2198. Alaska Trip. Seattle Aug.3,1946 1. Mertie West Honor Kempton 2. Leaving Seattle 3. Frances Wells with glasses and Mertie West 4. Honor Kempton, Frances Wells, Mertie West 5. Mertie West 6. Bow of boat and Steerage [sic] passengers 7. L to R Mertie West, Mr & Mrs Jones, Frances Wells. 8. Three indian [sic] natives traveling alone

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

Washington--Seattle

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Passengers--Washington--Seattle
Ships--American--Washington--Seattle
Ocean travel