Mertie West strolls through a public market, Boston, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West strolls through a public market, Boston, 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

Photograph of Mertie West strolling through a public, open-air market in Boston. A brick-paved road enters frame along the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Market visitors walk along the road, obscuring it as it stretches into the distance. Mertie West stands in a gap in the crowd at center. She looks to the camera and holds a paper bag in her hand. A man walks towards camera in the foreground near the left edge. Two men stand along the right edge. Other shoppers mill about behind Mertie at center. Beyond the shoppers, a tall building rises. It enters frame at left and stretches towards the right. Along the left side of the building, an awning extends out over the shoppers. On the right half of the building, signage between rows of windows reads, "BATCHELDER & SNYDER COMPANY [...]."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2352. Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1 Mertie West on corner below Old State House. At her left in the street is the cobblestone circle marking the site of the Boston massacre. It is right behind the auto 2 & 3 Two views of Mertie West reading the printed sign in Old South Church. It said that George Washington came into the Church after he drove British out entering thru a door in the balcony at right 4 Mertie West and caretaker and guard introphy [sic] and relic room of Fanueil [sic] Hall 5 & 6 Two pictures of Mertie West at the Public Market 7 & 8 Two views of tablets in wall of cemetery of Old North Church One with Mertie West

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

Massachusetts--Boston

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pedestrians--Massachusetts--Boston
Markets--Massachusetts--Boston
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston