Sign standing outside the entrance to Carlyle House, Alexandria, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Sign standing outside the entrance to Carlyle House, Alexandria, 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

NRHP reference # 69000333
Photograph of a sign standing outside the entrance to the Carlyle House in Alexandria. A sidewalk spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back towards center. Lining the left side of the sidewalk, a brick building with arched windows stands. Short, metal bars sit atop the window sills. A sign stands on the sidewalk and beside the building. It reads, "OPEN 9:30 to 5:30 Historic CARLYLE HOUSE Built 1752 GEN. BRADDOCK'S HEADQUARTERS." An awning stretches over the sidewalk, extending across the image along the top edge. In the distance at right, a street lined by buildings stretches into the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2372. Eastern trip October 1947 Alexandria, Va. 1 & 2 Two views of Mertie West on streets of Alexandria, Va. 3 Mertie West sitting in George Washington pew Christ Church. 4 Christ Church from rear 5 Grave of Thos West in churchyard Christ Church 6 Entrance to Carlyle House 7 Mertie West in lobby of George Washington Memorial 8 Replica of the original Lodge room presided over by George Washington, with relics. 9 Mertie West leaving the Washington Memorial, overlooking Alexandria. 10 View of Alexandria from base of Memorial

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Carlyle House (Alexandria, Va.)

Location

Virginia--Alexandria

Longitude

38.805192

Latitude

-77.042334

Resource type

still image