Mertie West walks along an observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Title: Mertie West walks along an 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

Description: Photograph of Mertie West walking along an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York. The open-air observation deck enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches straight back. Mertie West, left-of-center, walks along the balcony and towards the camera in the near distance. In front and to the left of her, another visitor stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. At right, a short set of steps enters frame from the bottom edge and ascends to an open doorway. Beyond the doorway is an enclosed viewing area. The indoor viewing area lines the right edge of the exterior observation area. Several windows sit in a row along the exterior wall of the building.
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

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: 40.748509
Latitude: -73.985542
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Observation decks--New York (State)--New York
Sightseers--New York (State)--New York

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2361_007
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j3pgz
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.