Mertie West poses beside an equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West poses beside an equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1947

Photographer

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

Architect

Roth, Emery, 1871-1948

Date Created

October, 1947

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

NRHP reference # 76001235 (American Museum of Natural History)
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing beside the equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the east entrance to the American Museum of Natural History. Steps leading up to the front porch of the museum enter frame from the bottom edge at left and stretch back towards center. At the end of the steps, the bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt stands atop a plinth. The figure of Theodore Roosevelt sits atop a horse. They are viewed from the side and face right. On the near side of the statue, a Native American figure in headdress walks alongside the Roosevelt figure and horse. Below the sculpture, Mertie West stands near the back end of the statue's base and looks to the camera. To the left of Mertie and the statue, the museum's side porch stretches towards the building's facade at left. It is mostly obscured by shadow as it stretches back along the left edge. To the right, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk lining Central Park West. Central Park West enters frame from the lower right edge and extends back slightly towards center. On the far right side of Central Park West, trees line the edge of Central Park. The Beresford apartment building rises in the background at center. 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: 2349. Color Eastern trip October 1947 New York City 1 Mertie West at base of Theodore Roosevelts [sic] statue at Natural History Museum 2 H.H.West on Fifth Ave in front of the Metropolitan Gallery of Art

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Equestrian statues--New York (State)--New York
Sightseers--New York (State)--New York
Apartment houses--New York (State)--New York
Central Park West (New York, N.Y.)

Names

American Museum of Natural History
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Location

New York (State)--New York

Longitude

40.780704

Latitude

-73.972894

Resource type

still image