Mertie West looks down onto the S. S. Del Norte from behind a guardrail on the S. S. President, New Orleans, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West looks down onto the S. S. Del Norte from behind a guardrail on the S. S. President, 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 Mertie West looking down onto the S. S. Del Norte from the S. S. President while both ships are moored at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans. A deck of the S. S. President arcs across the foreground. Its perimeter is lined by a guardrail with lattice-work. Mertie West stands, just-left-of-center on the near side of the guardrail. Her back faces camera as she looks down towards the S. S. Del Norte. The S. S. Del Norte is docked at the wharf, below and to the right of Mertie. It is visible between the fencing of the S. S. President. A tarp covers the near portion of the stern. Beyond the tarp, masts, rigging and cabins rise from the ship's top deck. At right, a warehouse standing on the wharf enters frame from right and extends back towards center, disappearing behind the Del Norte. Signage on the building reads, "[PO]YDRAS STREET WHARF DIV. [4] UP DIV. 5 DOWN." The Mississippi River flows to the left of the ships and into the distance. Large patches of white light flank the lower left and right edges.

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

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Louisiana--New Orleans

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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