Mertie West poses next to the John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses next to the John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, 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

According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
A poorly-exposed and out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing beside the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She faces forward, but looks to the right--where the statue stands. The bronze statue of a seated John Harvard is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. The plinth it sits upon stands slightly taller than Mertie. A bronze seal is inset to the right side of the plinth. University Hall (partial view) is viewed close-up as it stretches across the background on an angle. Four punched holes line the lower left edge.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2337. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Cambridge. 1 Mertie West at John Harvard Statue 1 film

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Harvard, John, 1607-1638
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Harvard University

Location

Massachusetts--Cambridge

Longitude

42.374453

Latitude

-71.117272

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Harvard Yard (Cambridge, Mass.)
Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Cambridge