H. H. West drinks from Pilgrim Spring in front of the post office, Plymouth, 1947

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West drinks from Pilgrim Spring in front of the post office, Plymouth, 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 H. H. West drinking from the Pilgrim Spring fountain which stands outside the Plymouth Post Office Building. A sidewalk stretches along the bottom edge at an angle. The stone fountain stands off-center to the right, extending beyond the right frame. It is viewed at an angle from the front. Atop the fountain, an inscribed tablet rises from the center of the fountain. It reads, "PILGRIM SPRING ON THE MEERSTEAD SET OFF TO ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER IN THE ORIGINAL ALLOTMENT DECEMBER 1620 ERECTED BY THE TOWN 1915 FREELY DRINK AND QUENCH YOUR THIRS[T] HERE DRANK THE PILGRIM FATHERS FIRS[T]." Below the tablet, a spigot extends from the front of the fountain's base. Immediately behind and to the left of the fountain, H. H. West stands hunched over the far side of the fountain and drinks. He faces towards camera but his head tilts downward. The brick exterior of the Post Office Building stands in partial view at right, extending out-of-frame. In the background at left, houses are visible lining Leyden Street.
NRHP reference # 86002926 (Plymouth Post Office Building)

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2358. Eastern trip October 1947 Plymouth 1 Forefathers monument Mertie West at the base 2 H H West at Standish and Alden marker 3 H H West at steps to burial hill very poor negative 4 Mertie West talking to man selling cards across from the ROCK 5 & 6 H H and Mertie West drinking at the old spring in front of P.O. 7 Mertie West reading the tablet on site of the first lookout and fort now part of Burial Hill

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

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

Location

Massachusetts--Plymouth

Longitude

41.95577

Latitude

-70.663812

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Post offices--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Fountains--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Plymouth