Mertie West stands beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947

Photographer

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

Architect

McKim, Mead & White

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock. Water Street stretches across the foreground. On the far side of the street, the portico sheltering Plymouth Rock stands at center and extends beyond the top frame. It is viewed close-up from its western side. Six Doric order columns line the long sides of the rectangular structure and 4 columns line the short sides. The columns support a capping entablature. An inscription in the frieze on the near side reads, "ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS." Mertie West stands beneath the portico and between the 2 central columns on its western side. She faces camera. Plymouth Bay is barely visible in the background.
NRHP reference # 70000680

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2359. Eastern trip October 1947 Plymouth 1 The waterfront park 2 looking down on the ROCK in the memorial 3, 4 & 5 Three pictures of the memorial, two of which show Mertie West

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--Plymouth

Longitude

41.958028

Latitude

-70.662259

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Porticoes (Porches)--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Sightseers--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Historic sites--Massachusetts--Plymouth
Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Mass.)