Mertie West and 2 unidentified women walk up the lawn slope to Lee Mansion, Arlington, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West and 2 unidentified women walk up the lawn slope to Lee Mansion, Arlington, 1947

Photographer

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

Architect

Hadfield, George, 1764?-1826

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

NRHP reference # 66000040
Photograph of Mertie West and 2 other women walking up the lawn slope towards Lee Mansion (now Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery. The open, grassy lawn stretches wide across the foreground. It slopes upward as it extends into the distance. In the mid-ground at left, a grave marker stands. Its inscribed epitaph reads, "JOHN H. PAGE BRIGADIER GENERAL U. S. ARMY CIVIL WAR 1861--1865 INDIAN CAMPAIGNS SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898 PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION 1898-1902 BORN MARCH 26, 1842 DIED OCTOBER 9, 1916 ELIZA TRACY PAGE BORN APRIL 4, 1841 DIED AUGUST 8, 1925." Beyond the grave marker, Mertie West (rightmost) and 2 other women walk across the lawn and towards Lee Mansion in the distance. Their backs are to the camera. Lee Mansion stands in the distance at center, partially obscured by the crest of the lawn's hill. Six columns support an entablature and pediment on the mansion's eastern porch. A flagpole stands in the lawn, in front and to the right of the mansion. Trees surround the lawn.

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
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)

Location

Virginia--Arlington

Longitude

38.880781

Latitude

-77.071332

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia--Arlington
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Virginia--Arlington
Sightseers--Virginia--Arlington