Mertie West poses beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 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

An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. A sidewalk enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back towards a statue at center. In the near distance, Mertie West stands to the right side of the statue and looks to camera. Beside her, the bronze sculpture of Colonel William Prescott sits atop a granite pedestal. The pedestal stands slightly taller than Mertie. Engraving on the front of the pedestal reads, "COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT JUNE 17, 1775." Behind both Mertie and the sculpture the Bunker Hill Monument obelisk rises at center, extending beyond the top frame. Four punched holes line the lower left edge.
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 # 66000138

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2336. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Bunker Hill. 1 Mertie West reading tablet on Bunker Hill Monument 2 View up street toward Bunker Hill from street car street in Charlestown 3 Mertie West at base Colonel Prescott's statue. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Prescott, William, 1726-1795
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Massachusetts--Boston

Longitude

42.376076

Latitude

-71.0606932

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Obelisks--Massachusetts--Boston
Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--Boston
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston