Mertie West poses while visiting Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Title: Mertie West poses while visiting Granary Burying Ground, 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

Description: A slightly out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing while visiting the Granary Burying Ground in Boston. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She faces left but turns her head towards camera. The narrow, stone-paved walkway she stands upon enters frame from the lower left corner and extends on an upward angle to the right. On the near side of the walkway, grave markers stand in a row, parallel to the walkway. Behind Mertie, the cemetery grounds sprawl into the distance. Grave stones stand in rows that run perpendicular to the walkway. A tomb rises from the ground, behind and to the right of Mertie. Several trees dot the grounds. In the background, a street and buildings are visible lining the cemetery's back edge. Hazy patches of white obscure the image along its right edge.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] x [end handwritten] 2353. Eastern trip October 1947 Boston 1, 2 & 3 poor films of Holy Name parade 4 & 5 poor films of Paul Revere's house 6 & 7 two photos of Mertie West in Old Granary burial ground 8 & 9 Fanueil [sic] Hall 10 Policeman in box in street directing traffic 11 Poor film Mertie West in front of First Church Christian Science 12 Horses still pull wagons in street 13 Tablet on Old North Church 14 Unknown monument 15 Mertie West looking at Old South Ch 16 Some street scene

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Granary Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Location: Massachusetts--Boston
Longitude: 42.357341
Latitude: -71.062266
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Massachusetts--Boston
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2353_011
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j3n07
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.