Mertie West stands at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A grassy expanse stretches across the bottom edge and slopes upward as extends into the distance. At the top of the hill, the National Monument to the Forefathers stands at center. The allegorical statue is viewed at an angle from the back. Three seated figures representing, from left to right: Law, Education and Liberty, surround the bottom of the octagonal base. The figures face outward from the statue. Tablets are inset into the sides of the plinth, between the figures. Atop the the tall base, the figure of Faith stands. She is draped in a stola and raises her near hand to the sky. The monument towers over Mertie West, who stands in silhouette to the right it. Four punched holes line the right 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 # 74002033

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2339. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Plymouth. 1 Small wharf at Plymouth for fishing boats Only one I saw 2 Men fishing from other end of little wharf 3 Tabithe [sic] Pratlet [sic] home; location of first school teacher in America 4 Founders monument. Mertie West at base. 5 Restaurant at shore end of little wharf, advertising sea food 5 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Sculpture--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Historic sites--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Allegories

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Massachusetts--Plymouth

Longitude

41.959741

Latitude

-70.675776

Resource type

still image