Mertie West stands on a street curb outside a Methodist church, New York, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands on a street curb outside a Methodist church, New York, 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-lit or poorly-exposed photograph of Mertie West standing at a street curb outside the Methodist Church she attended while visiting New York City. The sidewalk she stands upon enters from the left half of the bottom frame and extends straight back into the distance. Mertie West stands at the sidewalk's edge at center. She stands in profile, facing right. Behind her, at left, one woman stands in partial along the left edge, facing camera. Other pedestrians walk down the sidewalk in the distance. To the right of Mertie, a wide street enters frame from the lower right corner and extends back towards center. Dozens of cars travel along the street. Buildings and skyscrapers line both sides of the street as it recedes into the background. Four punched holes line the top edge at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2348. COLOR New York Eastern trip October 1947. 1, 2 and 3 films of the ice skaters at Rockefeller Center 4 and 5 two films of Mertie on the curb at the Methodist Church we attended Sunday 6 View of Fifth Ave

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

New York (State)--New York

Resource type

still image

Subjects

New York (N.Y.)
Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York
City & town life--New York (State)--New York
Streets--New York (State)--New York