Mertie West stands on the platform a the Albuquerque train station, Albuquerque, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands on the platform a the Albuquerque train station, Albuquerque, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing on the platform at the Albuquerque railroad station. Mertie West stands in the foreground, just left-of-center, and looks to the camera. She stands on a brick-paved platform that enters frame at left and extends into the distance at right. Behind her, about a dozen other travelers stand or walk along the platform. Directly behind Mertie, a news stand stands. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing right. Along the top of the building it reads, "NEWS STAND Tre[...] SANDWICHES." A low wall lines the left side of the platform. As it stretches into the distance, trees and other vegetation grow behind it. A small stand with signs reading "WESTERN UNION," stands alongside the wall at left. At far right, train tracks run parallel to the platform. A train is visible sitting on the tracks in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2328. Eastern trip October 1947. 1 Mertie West on platform at Albuquerque 2 Our Streamliner Pullman Hotevilla 3 Mertie West looking out of Pullman 3 films

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

New Mexico--Albuquerque

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad stations--New Mexico--Albuquerque
Railroad travel--New Mexico--Albuquerque