Mertie West stands on the observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West stands on the observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 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 Mertie West standing on an observation deck at the top of the Empire State Building in New York City. Mertie West stands, just left-of-center, with her back to the camera. She appear to point towards the distance. Ahead of her, a concrete barrier wall lines the edge of the balcony. A couple to the left of Mertie stands with their backs to the camera as they lean over the edge of the wall and look down. To the right of Mertie, a viewing scope stands. Beyond the wall, only a hazy sky is visible.
NRHP reference # 82001192

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2361. Eastern trip October 1947 New York City 1 View from Empire State Bldg looking down on Penna R R station and Postoffice [sic] and Hudson river 2 Mertie West in front of Stock Exchange Sub Treasury bldg in background 3 Scene on Wall Street 4 Mertie West in front of stock exchan [sic] 5 View from tower of Empire State bldg 6, 7, 8 & 9 Four view s [sic] of Mertie West on balcony Empire State Bldg 10 and 11 One large and one small picture taken in Chinatown

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

New York (State)--New York

Longitude

40.748507

Latitude

-73.985777

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Observation decks--New York (State)--New York
Sightseers--New York (State)--New York
Viewing scopes--New York (State)--New York