H. H. West poses beside the southern face of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, 1947

Title: H. H. West poses beside the southern face of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, 1947
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Architect: Rich, Lorimer, 1891-1978
Date Created: October, 1947
Date: 1947-10
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Photograph of H. H. West posing beside the southern face of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. A wide terrace between sets of stairs spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on a slight angle to the left. H. H. West stands in the near distance, left-of-center, and looks to the camera. Behind him, the marble, neoclassical Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stands. It is viewed from its southern face and stretches out-of-frame to the left. Three laurel wreaths are carved in relief on the side of the tomb. They are spaced and framed by 4 pilasters. Metal chains and posts surround the monument. A few other visitors mill about the terrace. One man stands in the near distance along the right edge with his back to the camera. A group of 3 people stand at the far end of the terrace at center. Trees line the background, cascading downward to the right.
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

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
Location: Virginia--Arlington
Longitude: 38.876322
Latitude: -77.072163
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia--Arlington
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
Sightseers--Virginia--Arlington

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2371_005
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j3s26
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.