H. H. West poses in front of the entrance gate to Burial Hill, Plymouth, 1947

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West poses in front of the entrance gate to Burial Hill, 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

A poorly-exposed photograph of H. H. West posing in front of a set of steps leading up to Burial Hill in Plymouth. H. H. West stands at center. He faces slightly left, but looks to camera as he poses. Behind him, a wrought-iron gate stands partially open. The left half of the gate stands closed. A tablet is affixed to it. The right gate appears to be open. Behind the open half of the gate, a set of six stairs ascend up towards the cemetery grounds. Trees are visible in the background. A thick, white haze clouds over the image.
NRHP reference # 13000582

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
Burial Hill (Plymouth, Mass.)

Location

Massachusetts--Plymouth

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sightseers--Massachusetts--Plymouth