Mertie West strolls across Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West strolls across Old North Bridge, Concord, 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

An out-of-focus and poorly-lit photograph of Mertie West walking along the Old North Bridge in Concord. The bridge spans the width of the bottom edge and sits off-center to the right. It stretches straight back towards center. Woodbeam railings line both sides of the bridge. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She appears to walk towards the camera. The bridge terminates behind her. Trees line the background and a monument is just visible behind and to the left of Mertie. A filmy, white haze glazes over the majority of the image.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2357. Eastern trip October 1947 Concord 1 Monument and Mertie West at end Concord bridge 2 Mertie West reading marker at Concord bridge 3 Mertie West at end of the long hike to Concord bridge 4 Poor photo of British Soldiers grave in the side walk with marker on stone wall 5 Poor photo of Concord bridge 6 Mertie West on the [C]oncord bridge

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--Concord

Longitude

42.469048

Latitude

-71.350597

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Historic sites--Massachusetts--Concord
Pedestrian bridges--Massachusetts--Concord
Minute Man National Historical Park (Mass.)
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Concord