S. S. Del Norte moored at the wharf and viewed from its stern, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

S. S. Del Norte moored at the wharf and viewed from its stern, New Orleans, 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 the S. S. Del Norte moored at a wharf in New Orleans. The dock stretches across the bottom edge and back towards right and center. In the mid-ground at right, a woman (looks like it might be Mertie West) walks away from the camera. Ahead of her, a long building stands along the right edge as it stretches back on the pier. It is viewed at an angle from the side. Arched windows line the near side of the building. On the left side of the dock, the S. S. Del Norte is docked. It is viewed at an angle from its stern. Across the stern it reads, "[...] NORTE [...] LEANS." An American flag hangs from the stern's upper rail. The starboard side of the ship sits alongside the pier. Masts and rigging are visible rising from the upper deck of the ship as it extends into the distance. A large area of white rises along the left edge. Patches of white dot the bottom edge.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2374. Eastern Trip October 1947 New Orleans 1 Mertie West on seat on Sight Seeing Boat on River. Small film 2 Narrow street scene Small film 3 L to R Mertie West, Mr and Mrs Colin D Care of Glendale, Calif. 4 Along the docks 5 Entrance to the docks foot Canal St 6 Sign at the docks. Del Norte SS in rear 7 & 8 Two views of the SS De [sic] Norte 9 Mertie West on SS President looks down at Del Norte 10 Mertie West on Canal street 11 SS President; our sight seeing trip on the river

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Louisiana--New Orleans

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Marines (Visual works)
Ships--American--Louisiana--New Orleans
Piers & wharves--Louisiana--New Orleans