Mertie West walks across Lexington Common, Lexington, 1947

Description: NRHP reference # 66000767
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West strolling across the grounds of Lexington Common and towards a monument. The grassy expanse of the park stretches across the foreground and into the distance, angling slightly to the left. Trees line the right edge of the park. Mertie West is barely visible in the distance at right, walking away from camera and towards a large boulder. The boulder sits ahead and to the left of her. Beyond the common, houses stand in the background at right, partially obscured by trees. Four punched holes line the top edge at left.
According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2338. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Lexington 1 Mertie West crossing the common toward Minute Men monument 2 Close up of Minute Men monument 2 films

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: Massachusetts--Lexington
Longitude: 42.449368
Latitude: -71.230537
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Historic sites--Massachusetts--Lexington
Battlefields--Massachusetts--Lexington
Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--Lexington

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2338_001
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j3h9z
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.