Mertie West stands at a rail and looks out at American Falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands at a rail and looks out at American Falls, Niagara Falls, 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 at a rail and looking out towards the American Falls in Niagara Falls. Mertie West stands in partial view in the foreground. She stands, right-of-center, with her back to the camera. The bottoms of her feet and the top of her head extend beyond the top and bottom frames, respectively. Just ahead of her, a guardrail, lined with mesh fencing curves outward as it lines the edge of the viewing area. Bridal Veil Falls is barely visible flowing in the near distance, below the view point, at center. Beyond it, another view point enters frame at right and extends towards center. Farther back, the Niagara River cascades over the American Falls. The Niagara River continues to flow at the bottom of the falls and along the left edge. It passes beneath Rainbow Bridge in the background at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2331. Eastern trip October 1947. Niagara. 1 Shredded Wheat biscuit plant 2 Mertie West looking over rail at falls 3 Spectators looking at Horseshoe falls 4 Mertie West coming up from rest room 5 Mertie West looking at falls. 5 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

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)

Longitude

43.083252

Latitude

-79.070775

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bridges--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)
Scenic overlooks--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Sightseers--Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)