Mertie West asks for directions to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the Guards, Arlington, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West asks for directions to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the Guards, Arlington, 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 (right) asking for directions to the Tomb of the Unknown soldier from Mr. and Mrs. Guard of Flagler, Colorado. A driveway passing through Arlington National Cemetery spans the width of the bottom edge. It enters frame from the lower right corner and curves to the left before arcing back to the right as it disappears in the distance. From left to right, Mrs. Guard, Mr. Guard and Mertie West stand in the middle of the driveway at center. Mrs. Guard looks to camera. Mr. Guard faces camera, but looks down to read a map he holds. Mertie West faces slightly left, towards Mr. Guard. Behind and to the right of them, gravestones stand on the cemetery's lawn. They stand in rows as the lawns stretch back into the distance. Trees rise across the background at center and more gravestones are visible in the distance at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2371. Eastern trip October 1947 Arlington 1 Guard at tomb unknown soldier 2 H H West at tomb of unknown soldier 3 Visitors at tomb unknown soldier The guard is visible thru 4th from right 4 L to R Mrs T.Guard, T. Guard, Mertie West. Guards from Flageler [sic] Colorado visiting cemetery and showing us map to get to tomb unknown soldier 5 Mertie West at right with two ladies walking up lawn slope to Lee Mansion. 6 & 7 Two pictures of grave of L'Enfant who laid out City of Washington. Grave is right in front of Lee Mansion

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Virginia--Arlington

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Conversation
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Virginia--Arlington
Sightseers--Virginia--Arlington