Mertie West stands on a street corner outside Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands on a street corner outside Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947

Photographer

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

Architect

Leverett, John, 1662-1724

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing on a street corner across the street from Harvard Yard. A brick-paved sidewalk spans the width of the bottom edge, curving across the lower left corner. Mertie West stands at center, just at the back edge of the sidewalk; she looks to camera. Behind and to the left of her, a woman beside the left edge steps onto the sidewalk. In the near distance, Massachusetts Avenue stretches across the image. Several cars drive along it. Harvard Yard stretches along the far side of Massachusetts Avenue. Massachusetts Hall stands at center, behind Mertie. The Georgian-style building is viewed at a slight angle from its short side. Beside it, Straus Hall enters frame from the right. Straus Hall is viewed from its long side. Both buildings are draped in ivy.
NRHP reference # 73000287 (Old Harvard Yard); 66000769 (Massachusetts Hall)

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2355. Eastern trip October 1947 Cambridge 1 Mertie West about to enter Peabody Museum 2 and 3 Two small photos of campus 4 Mertie West on sidewalk at Cambridge in front of building used as barracks in Revolution 5 The chapel thru the trees 6 H H West at the statue of John Harvard

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
Harvard University

Location

Massachusetts--Cambridge

Longitude

42.374542

Latitude

-71.119008

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Harvard Yard (Cambridge, Mass.)
Massachusetts Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Architecture, Georgian--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Dormitories--Massachusetts--Cambridge