Mertie West stands in Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Description: According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
NRHP reference # 74000385
A poorly-exposed and out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing in the Copp's Hill Burying Grounds in Boston's North End. A walkway enters frame along the bottom edge at center. It stretches back on an angle to left as it passes through the cemetery grounds. In the near distance, at center, Mertie West and another woman stand off to the right side of the walkway. Both appear to face towards the camera. Headstones line the walkway at left and right. At far right, an obelisk stands. It is surrounded by wrought-iron fencing. Beyond the cemetery, buildings line the background. Four punched holes line the top edge at left.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2335. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1 Mertie West in Copp's Burial Hill Mertie at right. 2 Mertie West at left at Old South Church 3 Mertie West reading tablet on Old South Church 4 Holy Name Convention Parade as seen from our Hotel Window 5 Another of same 6 Mertie West beside tablet on gate to Copp's Hill burial ground 5 films

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Copp’s Hill Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)
Location: Massachusetts--Boston
Longitude: 42.367289
Latitude: -71.055828
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Massachusetts--Boston
North End (Boston, Mass.)
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2335_004
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j3h2b
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.