H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Photographer

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

Date Created

October, 1947

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West walking away from the front door of the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End neighborhood. Along the bottom edge, a sliver of N Square stretches on an upward angle to the right. At far left, 2 young children play with a toy car on the sidewalk that passes in front of the Paul Revere House. The Paul Revere House stands on the far side of the street. It is viewed close-up and at an angle from the front. The timber-constructed dwelling stands 2-stories tall with lattice-pane windows lining both floors. An American flag extends out from the center of the building. H. H. West stands in the distance at far right, facing camera as he walks away from the house. A building adjacent to the Paul Revere House is barely visible standing along the right edge.
NRHP reference # 66000785

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

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

North End (Boston, Mass.)
Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Boston
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Boston

Names

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Paul Revere House (Boston, Mass.)

Location

Massachusetts--Boston

Longitude

42.363627

Latitude

-71.053629

Resource type

still image