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Mertie West stands behind a guardrail and looks towards American Falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing behind a rail and looking out towards the American Falls in Niagara Falls. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center with her back to the camera. The viewing area she stands upon stretches along the bottom edge, curving outward at center. Just ahead of her, a guardrail, lined with mesh fencing lines the edge of the viewing area. Bridal Veil Falls is barely visible flowing in the near distance, below the view point and to the left of Mertie. Beyond it, another view point enters frame at right and extends towards center, disappearing behind Mertie. Farther back, the Niagara River cascades over the American Falls. The Niagara River continues to flow at the bottom of the falls and along the left edge. It passes beneath Rainbow Bridge in the background at left. Mist rising from the foot of the falls obscures part of the river.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands behind a guardrail and looks towards American Falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Mertie West stands behind a carton fixed up for Will Shaw's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing behind a tall box that H. H. West fixed up for Wes Witherby to put on Will Shaw's Christmas tree. A tall box decorated for Christmas stands in the center of the image on a walkway leading to a house. The bottom third of the box is decorated with a brick print. Above the brick print and on the left side of the box it reads, "Christmas time." Mertie West's head and shoulders peek above the top of the box. She appears to stand behind the box and looks to camera. The front porch of a house stands behind her at left. Steps line the left edge of the image and the porch extends back and to the right. A neighboring house stands in the distance at right.
Date:
December, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands behind a carton fixed up for Will Shaw's Christmas tree, Los Angeles, 1936

Mertie West stands behind a bench in Lincoln Park during the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing behind a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. In the near distance, left-of-center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind them, Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera. Trees stand clustered at right and more picnic attendees mill about in the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands behind a bench in Lincoln Park during the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West stands at the edge of Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing alongside Morning Glory Pool in the Upper Geyser Basin. Morning Glory Pool sits in the near distance at center. In front of it stands a signpost, which reads, "MORNING GLORY POOL THIS FAR-FAMED POOL HAS EASILY WON ITS NAME FORM THE SYMMETRY AND DEPTH OF ITS CRATER AND THE BLUE COLOR OF THE WATER. THIS BLUE IS THE NORMAL COLOR OF LARGE BODIES OF WATER. THE MORE BRILLIANT HUES TO BE FOUND IN SMALLER QUANTITIES ARE DUE TO A LOW FORM OF PLANT LIFE. WHILE THE FAME OF THIS IS GREAT, IT NEVERTHELESS IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE SURPASSED BY A NUMBER OF OTHER POOLS IN THE PARK, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN THIS GENERAL REGION." About 5 long, carved logs encircle the pool, end-to-end, providing seating for visitors. Mertie West stands, left-of-center, in the near distance to the left of the sign post and at the pool's edge. She stands in profile, facing right, while holding a book in her hands. Pines stand across the background.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at the edge of Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Mertie West stands at the edge of Emerald Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Distant photograph of Mertie West standing along the edge of Emerald Spring in the Norris Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park. The spring sits in the distance at center. Mertie West stands in front of it, left-of-center, with her back to the camera. Steam rises from the spring and wafts towards the left. In the foreground at right, a signpost for the spring reads, "EMERALD POOL THE TEMPERATURE OF THIS POOL IS LOW ENOUGH TO PERMIT THE GROWTH OF A YELLOW TYPE OF HOT WATER ALGAE ON THE SIDES OF THE BOWL. THE NATURAL BLUE COLOR OF THE NEARLY PURE WATER BLENDS WITH THE YELLOW BACKGROUND TO PRODUCE THE BEAUTIFUL EMERALD-GREEN COLOR. THE TIMBERS IN THE BOTTOM WERE THROWN IN BY TOURISTS MANY YEARS AGO AND FLOATED ON THE SURFACE UNTIL THEY BECAME WATER-LOGGED AND SANK. THEY HAVE SINCE BECOME CEMENTED TO THE BOTTOM BY DEPOSITS OF GEYSERITE." A pine-covered hill- or mountainside rises on an upward across the background from left to right. A streak of white stretches across the image on an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the left.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at the edge of Emerald Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Mertie West stands at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A grassy expanse stretches across the bottom edge and slopes upward as extends into the distance. At the top of the hill, the National Monument to the Forefathers stands at center. The allegorical statue is viewed at an angle from the back. Three seated figures representing, from left to right: Law, Education and Liberty, surround the bottom of the octagonal base. The figures face outward from the statue. Tablets are inset into the sides of the plinth, between the figures. Atop the the tall base, the figure of Faith stands. She is draped in a stola and raises her near hand to the sky. The monument towers over Mertie West, who stands in silhouette to the right it. Four punched holes line the right edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at the base of the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth, 1947

Mertie West stands at a viewpoint overlooking the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing at a viewpoint that overlooks the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park. Grasses line the bottom edge of the image. A bus, parked beside the grass, enters frame from the left edge; it is viewed from the side, facing right. Beyond the bus, a drive stretches across the mid-ground. Mertie West stands on the drive, left-of-center. She faces left, but looks to the camera. Behind Mertie, the Bow River Valley stretches across the image and into the distance. The Bow River is forked, flowing through the valley at left and right. Tunnel Mountain rises at right, Sulphur Mountain rises in the far distance at center and another mountain rises along the left edge. Banff Springs Hotel is barely visible in the distance at the base of Sulphur Mountain and to the left of Tunnel Mountain.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a viewpoint overlooking the Bow River Valley and Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park, 1947

Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Description:
Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast. Mertie wears a hairnet. Agnes wears a visor and an apron. There is a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes on the table, along with plate, cups, and other items on the table. In the background, a bucket hangs from a tree that also has a mirror and a box hanging on it.
Date:
About 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a table as Agnes Whitaker, Forrest Whitaker, and William Shaw eat breakfast at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Mertie West stands at a railing and looks at the falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing behind a railing and looking out over Niagara Falls. Mertie West stands in the foreground, right-of-center. She stands, in profile, on the near side of a railing and looks to the left. The metal railing enters frame from left and stretches back on an angle to the right, terminating at a stone that sits along the right edge. Beyond the railing and to the left of Mertie, the Niagara River cascades over Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) at center and flows to the left, exiting frame. Distant banks of the Niagara River are visible in the far distance.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a railing and looks at the falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Mertie West stands at a rail and looks out at American Falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing at a rail and looking out towards the American Falls in Niagara Falls. Mertie West stands in partial view in the foreground. She stands, right-of-center, with her back to the camera. The bottoms of her feet and the top of her head extend beyond the top and bottom frames, respectively. Just ahead of her, a guardrail, lined with mesh fencing curves outward as it lines the edge of the viewing area. Bridal Veil Falls is barely visible flowing in the near distance, below the view point, at center. Beyond it, another view point enters frame at right and extends towards center. Farther back, the Niagara River cascades over the American Falls. The Niagara River continues to flow at the bottom of the falls and along the left edge. It passes beneath Rainbow Bridge in the background at left.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a rail and looks out at American Falls, Niagara Falls, 1947

Mertie West stands at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Description:
H. H. West's second wife, Mertie, stands at a campsite. She wears a visor and holds a pot. There is a stove on the ground next to her, as well as pots and pans, and boxes. A basket, a box, a bucket, and a mirror hang from the tree behind Mertie, and there is a chair next to the tree. There are bushes and a mountain in the background.
Date:
About 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a campsite, Inyo County vicinity, about 1930

Mertie West stands at a camping stove at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Mertie West stands at a stove at a campsite. She bends over and is in motion and therefore is slightly blurry. There are pots and pans on the stove. In the background, there is an awning above and more pots, as well as a table. There are trees in the background.
Date:
August 29 to September 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands at a camping stove at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Mertie West standing on the beach, Malibu, about 1930

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the beach near Las Fores Canyon in Malibu and smiling to the camera. She stands at center and faces towards the left. Her head is turned towards the camera as she smiles. Four beachgoers stand behind her at left. Umbrellas stand on the beach in the distance at right. Houses can be seen on the hill in the far distance at right.
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West standing on the beach, Malibu, about 1930

Mertie West standing at entrance to First Methodist Church, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing in front of an announcement board outside of the First Methodist Church in Boston. A brick-paved sidewalk stretches across the foreground, on an incline up to the left. At the back edge of the sidewalk, Mertie West stands, left-of-center, in front of the stone facade of First Methodist Church and looks to camera. The building is viewed close-up. Immediately behind Mertie, a wrought iron fence stretches from center to right. Behind it, a small patio leads back to lattice-pane double window inset into the stone building. Centered on the exterior of the window is an announcement board which reads, "FIRST METHODIST CHURCH FOU[NDED] 1792 SUNDAY SERVICES 9:30 a.m. Italian Sermon by Rev. Giuseppe Merlino Sept. 28th 10:45 a.m. Oct. 5th Rally Day Service World-Wide Holy Communion 'Methodism on the March' National Groups Joining 2:30 p.m. Ukranian Sermon by Rev. Conrad Kosak September 28th 7:30 p.m. October 5th Evening Worship Services with Rev. V.L. Taylor 'A Day at Camp Co-No-Mo' Sermon by Dr. Stroud." The brick exterior of a neighboring building is visible in the background along the left edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West standing at entrance to First Methodist Church, Boston, 1947

Mertie West speaks to another woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Description:
Mertie West speaks to another woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park. Mrs. West is on the right wearing a coat with a fur collar. She also wears a hat and glasses. The other woman holds a small flower in her hands. There are men speaking to each other just behind them. There are other people in the background, as well as trees.
Date:
February 25, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West speaks to another woman at the Iowa Picnic in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, 1939

Mertie West sitting on a rock, Mono County, 1941

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting on rock and looking into a small mirror propped up on the rock. Mertie sits center and faces towards the left. She hunches over slightly to look into a mirror that sits upon the rock. It looks as though she holds thread between her hands, possibly to fix the turban she wears on her head. She is surrounded by wilderness that stretches into the distance.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sitting on a rock, Mono County, 1941

Mertie West sitting in George Washington's pew at Christ Church, Alexandria, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West sitting in George Washington's pew at Christ Church in Alexandria. An empty church pew stretches across the foreground, entering frame from the right. Another pew stretches behind it. In the third pew back from camera, Mertie West sits at center and looks to camera. Behind her, more pews extend horizontally across the image and sit in a line stretching towards the back of the church. Three Doric order columns line the aisle-side of the pews at left. At right, recessed and shuttered windows allow light to flow into the space.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sitting in George Washington's pew at Christ Church, Alexandria, 1947

Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of the Chateau Lake Louise. A chair upholstered in a floral print sits in the foreground at center and faces left. Beyond it, Mertie West sits in the near distance, left-of-center, at a writing desk. Mertie sits in profile, facing left. The desk, obscured by a plant in the foreground, stands propped against a wall at left. The left wall is lined by large, arched windows and stretches back towards center. Behind and to the right of Mertie, the lobby extends into the background. An arched entryway stands at the far end of the lobby at center and a decorative ceiling hovers over the lobby at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West sits on a parapet overlooking Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting on the parapet of an observation deck overlooking Crater Lake. The floor of the observation area stretches on an upward angle across the image from left to right. A stone parapet lines the back edge of the area. Mertie sits atop the low wall in the near distance, right-of-center. She sits with her legs swung towards the camera as she turns to look to the camera. A bird appears to hover in mid-flight just above the wall and to the left of Mertie. Behind her, Crater Lake sits in the distance at left. It is surrounded by the crater rim, which encircles the lake, starting from behind Mertie at right and stretching behind the lake at left. The lake is viewed from the south rim, looking northeast. Snow is visible on some of the mountain peaks and surrounding landscape.
Date:
July 1, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits on a parapet overlooking Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, 1942

Mertie West sits on a bed at a campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Mertie West sits on a bed at a campsite. She wears a floral dress, glasses, and a head covering. She is in motion and therefore slightly blurry. There is a plaid blanket on the bed. There are clothes and bags hanging from the trees behind. There are pots on the ground and a large rock in the foreground.
Date:
August 29 to September 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits on a bed at a campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting beside a picture window at Chateau Lake Louise and looking out at the landscape. In the foreground, Mertie West sits in a chair at right. She sits in profile, facing left, but looks through the picture window behind her. A small table stands along the lower left edge and curtains hang down beside the window, along the right edge. The picture window spans the width of the image and extends beyond the top frame. A view of the adjacent landscape is framed by the window. The landscaped grounds of the hotel lie beyond the window, lining its bottom edge. Further back, Lake Louise stretches across the image. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise to the right and left. Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West sits at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise. Mertie West sits in profile at center, facing right. She sits at a writing desk to the right of her. The desk is propped against a wall. Behind Mertie, a large picture window is inset into the wall at right. The lobby extends behind her. An archway rises directly behind Mertie and a plant in a vase sits on a table behind and to the left of Mertie. In the foreground, an empty chair sits in front of Mertie, left-of-center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting aboard the Pullman car, Lake Sheridan, while traveling en route from Banff to Los Angeles. The train car is viewed close-up, from the exterior, and from a low-angle perspective. The side of the car stretches horizontally across the image. It extends beyond the frame on all sides. Mertie West sits behind the center window and looks down to the camera. Above the windows, it reads, "[P]ULLM[AN]," and below the windows it reads, "LAKE SHERID[AN]."
Date:
July 3, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman passenger train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting aboard the Pullman car, Lake Sheridan, while traveling en route from Banff to Los Angeles. The train car is viewed close-up, from the exterior, and at an angle from the side. The side of the car stretches back on an angle across the image from left to right as it sits on the tracks. It extends beyond the frame at left and right. Mertie West sits behind the third window from the left and looks to the camera. Above the windows, it reads, "[P]ULLMAN," and below the windows it reads, "LAKE SHERIDAN."
Date:
July 3, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits aboard the Pullman passenger train, Lake Sheridan, Mount Shasta vicinity, 1947

Mertie West rests on a bench while visiting Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West resting on a bench after hiking to Old North Bridge in Minute Man National Historical Park. A walkway dotted by leaves spans the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Along the far edge of the walkway, a bench enters frame from left and lines the walkway. Mertie West sits on the bench in the near distance, just left-of-center. She looks to camera. Trees stand in the background. A white haze clouds the image at left.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West rests on a bench while visiting Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Mertie West reads a tablet at Burial Hill, Plymouth, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West reading a tablet while visiting Burial Hill in Plymouth. In the foreground, a dozen gravestones stand on a hill that slightly slopes downward from left to right. A walkway enters frame from left and extends towards center behind the near section of the cemetery. At the end of the walkway at center, Mertie West stands in profile, facing right. To the right of her, a wrought-iron fence encircles a bronze tablet flanked by cannons. Gravestones dot the hills of the cemetery grounds in the background at left.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West reads a tablet at Burial Hill, Plymouth, 1947

Mertie West reads an historical marker at the Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus and poorly-exposed photograph of Mertie West reading an historical marker at Old North Bridge in Minute Man National Historical Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground at right with her back to the camera. Ahead and to the left of her, a large stone tablet stands behind a bench. Its inscription reads, "CONCORD FIGHT On the morning of April Nineteenth, 1775, while the British hold this bridge the minute-men and militia of Concord and neighboring towns gathered on the hill across the river. There the Concord Adjutant, Joseph Hosmer, demanded, 'Will you let them burn the town down?' There the Lincoln captain, William Smith, offered to dislodge the British, the Acton captain, Isaac Davis, said, 'I haven't a man that's afraid to go!' and the Concord colonel James Barrett ordered the attack upon the regulars. The column was led by Major John Buttrick marching from his own farm. His side was Lt. Colonel John Robinson of Westford. The Minutemen of Acton, Concord, Lincoln and Bedford followed after them came the militia. At the British volley Isaac Davis fell. Buttrick cried, 'Fire, fellow soldiers, for God's sake fire!' and himself fired first. The British fled, and here began the separation of two kindred nations, now happily long united in peace." Beyond the tablet, trees line the near side of the Concord River's riverbank, The Concord River is visible flowing through the background at left. A white haze clouds the majority of the image.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West reads an historical marker at the Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Mertie West poses with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance, San Francisco, 1924

Description:
H. H. West's second wife, Mertie, poses with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance. She wears a coat and hat and holds a purse. There is a stone wall at her right and the beach beyond that. People sit on the beach and a bird flies above. There are cars driving down the road in the distance.
Date:
September 1, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance, San Francisco, 1924

Mertie West poses with H. H. West's Buick in front of Mount Hood, Portland vicinity, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting on the back bumper of H. H. West's Buick and posing in front of Mount Hood. A mountain road passes through the image on a curved angle from the lower left corner and back towards right-center. H. H. West's Buick is parked in the near distance at center, alongside the road. It is viewed from the rear. Mertie West sits on the far-right side of the bumper and looks to the camera. A hillside slopes up from the road at right. Pines cover a landscape that stretches along the left side of the road and back towards Mount Hood. Mount Hood is covered in snow as it rises in the distance at center.
Date:
June 28, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses with H. H. West's Buick in front of Mount Hood, Portland vicinity, 1942

Mertie West poses with a flounder, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing with a flounder while standing on a promenade deck of her ship. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She looks down at the flounder she holds. Mertie stands on a promenade of a ship. The walkway extends behind her. Rooms line the right side of the walkway and a railing lines the left side. Hawk Inlet is visible at left, beyond the railing. Silhouetted mountains rise from a distant shoreline at left.
Date:
September 11-12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses with a flounder, Juneau, 1946

Mertie West poses with a fishing rod, Redlands vicinity, about 1927

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing under some trees and holding a fishing rod. She stands at center and looks to camera. Trees stand immediately behind her on the right. A car is parked under trees behind Mertie on the left. The back end of the car faces the camera. Camping equipment sits on the ground between Mertie and the car.
Date:
[about 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses with a fishing rod, Redlands vicinity, about 1927

Mertie West poses while visiting Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Description:
A slightly out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing while visiting the Granary Burying Ground in Boston. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She faces left but turns her head towards camera. The narrow, stone-paved walkway she stands upon enters frame from the lower left corner and extends on an upward angle to the right. On the near side of the walkway, grave markers stand in a row, parallel to the walkway. Behind Mertie, the cemetery grounds sprawl into the distance. Grave stones stand in rows that run perpendicular to the walkway. A tomb rises from the ground, behind and to the right of Mertie. Several trees dot the grounds. In the background, a street and buildings are visible lining the cemetery's back edge. Hazy patches of white obscure the image along its right edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses while visiting Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Mertie West poses while Nina Meyers watches Glen Velzy mend the back of his chair, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing while Nina Meyers watches Glen Velzy repair the back of his chair during a trip to his cabin in Santa Anita Canyon. Mertie West stands left-of-center with her hands behind her back as she smiles to the camera. To her right and slightly in front of her, Glen Velzy sits in a folding chair that is missing its fabric backing. He sits in the chair, facing left, and holds the chair's backing in his lap as he works to mend it. Behind him, Nina Meyers stoops over and cranes her head towards him to watch him work. Glen Velzy's cabin stands in partial view at left behind Mertie and Nina. A tree stands behind and to the right of Glen. A steep slope rises in the distance at right between the cabin and the tree.
Date:
July 4-6, 1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses while Nina Meyers watches Glen Velzy mend the back of his chair, San Gabriel Mountains, 1941

Mertie West poses outside the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in the tree lawn and posing outside the West's home on North Ridgewood Place. Mertie West stands at center on the grass. She clasps her hands in front of her and holds a purse under her arm as she looks to the camera. A sidewalk to the right of her extends along the right edge and into the distance. Directly behind Mertie, a driveway extends horizontally across the image. To the left of Mertie, North Ridgewood Place enters frame at left and extends back towards center. A car is parked along the curb behind and to the left of Mertie. It is viewed from the rear. Trees line the tree lawn that extends behind Mertie and into the background.
Date:
April, 1945
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses outside the West's residence on North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1945

Mertie West poses outside the post office, Cordova, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the front steps of the post office in Cordova, Alaska. The photograph tilts downward to the right. A sidewalk stretches across the foreground. In the near distance at center, a short set of steps lead up to the front stoop of the post office building. Mertie West stands on the sidewalk, right-of-center, just in front of the steps and looks to the camera. Fencing and metal posts line the sides of the steps and the sidewalk. The post office building stands in partial view; it extends out-of-frame at the top and right. A double-door sits back from the steps at the front of the building. A barred window is inset on the right side of the building, behind Mertie. Along the left frame, a man stands in partial view, facing left.
Date:
August 8, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses outside the post office, Cordova, 1946

Mertie West poses on the walkway in front of Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a walkway at Chateau Lake Louise in front of Lake Louise. A wide walkway enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches back on an angle towards center. Flower beds line both sides of the walkway in the foreground. In the near distance, the walkway dead-ends into another walkway that that passes horizontally through the mid-ground. At center, Mertie West stands at this crossroads in the near distance. She faces towards the camera and is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. Behind her, a manicured lawn lines the back edge of the walkway, extending back towards the edge of Lake Louise. Lake Louise sits in the background. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise. Six punched holes line the bottom edge.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses on the walkway in front of Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing on the top deck of a ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. Mertie West stands at center and looks to the camera. In front of her, a hand crank juts into the foreground from the right. The deck floor that Mertie stands upon extends on an upward angle from left to right. Behind Mertie, an upper deck cabin stands. A door sits behind and to the right of Mertie. Single portholes are inset on both sides of the door. Atop the cabin, a sign reading, "ALASKA STEAMSHI[P]," extends out-of-frame at right.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Mertie West poses next to sign for Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing next to a sign for Igloo Creek, which flows in the background, at Denali National Park and Preserve. Mertie West stands in the foreground at left. She places her hands in her coat pockets as she looks to the camera. To the right of her and down a small slope stands a sign for Igloo Creek. It is surrounded by tall grasses that grow across the width of the image. Beyond the sign, a few wood posts stand in a row. Behind the posts, Igloo Creek flows in the near distance. A curve in the creek juts out towards the left, behind and to the right of Mertie. The creek flows both into and out of the image at right. Trees line the bank in the far distance and mountains are visible rising in the background.
Date:
August 17, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses next to sign for Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Mertie West poses next to a totem pole at Saxman Totem Park, Saxman, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing beside a totem pole outside Saxman Totem Park. Tall grasses stand in the foreground and surround the totem pole. A slight clearing leads to the totem pole that stands in the near distance, left-of-center, and rises beyond the top frame. Mertie West stands to the left of the totem pole and faces right. A carved, crouching figure sits to the right of the totem pole. The crouching figure reaches a hand out towards the figure carved at the base of the totem pole. The figure at the base catches the crouching figure's hand in its mouth. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
September 15, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses next to a totem pole at Saxman Totem Park, Saxman, 1946

Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing and posing near a bench in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic in Los Angeles. The park's grounds sprawl across the foreground. At center, picnic attendees sit on a park bench and face right. Behind the bench and to the left, Mertie West stands and looks to the camera. At right, a woman with a clipboard stands beneath a tree. A grove of trees stands across the background and more picnic attendees mill about in the distance.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in Lincoln Park while attending the Iowa State Picnic, Los Angeles, 1948

Mertie West poses in front of the Protestant Church, Jacksonville, 1942

Description:
Distant view of Mertie West standing in front of the Protestant church (current day St. Andrew's Anglican Church) in Jacksonville and posing next to a stone monument. A dirt road passes across the foreground on a slightly upward angle from left to right. The church stands at center on the far side of the road and is viewed from the front and side; it faces slightly right. A small set of steps leads up to the church's front door. Above the door, a sign reads, "FIRST PROTESTANT CHURCH WEST OF ROCKY MTS. BUILT IN SOUTHERN OREGON 1854." A steeple stands atop the church's roof. Three arched windows line the left side of the church. The church is flanked by tall trees on either side of it. Tall grasses line the roadside and surround the church. Mertie West stands in front of the left corner of the church and looks towards the camera. To the left of her, a circular stone monument stands.
Date:
July 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of the Protestant Church, Jacksonville, 1942

Mertie West poses in front of the Kinsell's home, Anchorage, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the front of the Kinsell's home in Anchorage. The single-story house stands in the near distance at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and extends beyond the frame at right. The front door is at center and sits recessed back. Windows are situated wide to either side of the door. An attached garage at right extends out-of-frame. Mertie West stands at the foot of the front steps at center. She faces the camera, but looks to the right. A large, white streak swoops down from the upper edge. Several punched holes line both the top and bottom edges.
Date:
August 10, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of the Kinsell's home, Anchorage, 1946

Mertie West poses in front of the Grand Canyon entrance, Grand Canyon, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing in front of both the West's car and the entryway to Grand Canyon National Park. She stands in the distance right-of-center and looks to the camera. She stands directly in front of the rear of the West's parked car. Beyond her and the car, the entryway to the Grand Canyon stands in the distance. It straddles the road. Two large, stacked-stone pillars stand on either side of the road and taper towards their tops. A large, log beam stretches between the pillars over the road. A sign hangs down from the beam that reads, "-ENTERING- ·GRAND·CANYON·NATIONAL·PARK·." A sign post in front of the pillar at right reads, "ENTRANCE PERMIT CARS $1.00 TRAILERS $1.00 MOTORCYCLES $1.00." A metal gate stands to the right of that. It too has a sign, which reads, "PLEASE CLOSE GATE."
Date:
May, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of the Grand Canyon entrance, Grand Canyon, 1942

Mertie West poses in front of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing outside the First Church of Christ, Scientist's southern facade in Boston. A brick-paved walkway extends along the bottom edge. Mertie West stands in the near distance at left, along the back edge of the walkway. She stands in profile facing right, but turns her head to the camera. Immediately behind her, a wide, short set of steps, flanked by lampposts on pedestals, descends behind her. From the steps, the walkway stretches back on an angle towards the left side of the church. To the right of the walkway, a small, landscaped lawn sits in front of the church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist stands in the background, off-center to the left. It is viewed at a slight angle from its southern facade. A half-dome, lined with arched windows, extends towards camera. A white haze washes over the majority of the image. Two streaks of bright, white light crisscross at center.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, 1947

Mertie West poses in front of caches in the Native American village, Gulkana vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing along the roadside and in front of 2 caches in a Native American village near Gulkana, Alaska. A gravel road stretches from the bottom edge on an upward angle from right to left. It exits frame at left and reenters frame, curving towards center before disappearing into the distance. Mertie West stands along the edge of the road, left-of-center. She faces towards the camera, but gazes towards the left. Behind her, the roadside slopes downward towards a small meadow of tall grasses at right. In the distance, 2 caches stand behind and to the right of Mertie. They stand side-by-side. Both structures are of log construction and stand atop stilts; they face towards the right. A low mesa stretches across the background at right.
Date:
August 23, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of caches in the Native American village, Gulkana vicinity, 1946

Mertie West poses in front of an old brick building, Jacksonville, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in a crossroads and posing in front of an old building in Jacksonville, Oregon. A dirt roads passes across the foreground on a slight angle from left to right. A crossroad at left extends into the distance. Mertie West stands in the middle of the intersection in the near distance, left-of-center. She is turned slightly right and looks towards the camera. On the street corner behind her stands an old building. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. Two doors and 2 windows sit in the front of the brick building at right. It has a sloped roof and extends back and to the left, behind Mertie. Another building attached to it stands to the right and extends out-of-frame. An arcade stretches across the front of the ground floor. Utility lines overhead run parallel to the street.
Date:
July 2, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of an old brick building, Jacksonville, 1942

Mertie West poses in front of an airplane, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing in front of a plane at an airport in McKinley Park (now Denali Park) near Denali National Park and Preserve. Mertie West and the plane stand in the near distance at center on gravel covered ground. Mertie faces towards the camera, but looks to the left. Immediately behind her sits the small airplane. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces right. Mertie stands between its right wing and nose. At far right, the tail of another plane juts into frame. Behind Mertie and the plane, a train travels past the airport. On one of the cars, it reads, "ALASKA [RAILR]OAD." Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
August 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of an airplane, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Mertie West poses in front of a log cabin, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing outside a log cabin in McKinley Park (now Denali Park). Tall grasses stretch across the foreground and back towards the cabin, surrounding it. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center, and looks to the camera while facing right. Behind her, a log cabin stands among the grasses. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side, facing left. In the far distance, mountains line the background.
Date:
August 18, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of a log cabin, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Mertie West poses in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield, Alberta, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield at either Jasper National Park or Banff National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground at center and looks to the camera. A stone-strewn landscape surrounds Mertie and stretches back towards the glacier. Other sightseers walk away from the camera, behind and to the right of Mertie. Beyond Mertie, the toe of a large glacier sits at center. It extends back, and up to the left. In front and to the right of the glacier, a lake of glacial meltwater sits. A snow covered mountain rises to the right of the glacier.
Date:
June 28, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in front of a glacier in the Columbia Icefield, Alberta, 1947

Mertie West poses in a cabbage patch, Circle vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing in the middle of a cabbage patch in Circle Hot Springs, Alaska. A clump of large cabbages grows in the foreground at center and extends back on an angle to the right. Further back in the patch, Mertie West stands in the near distance. She faces towards the camera as she rests a hand to her hip and casts her gaze down to the ground at left. The rest of the garden stretches behind her and into the distance.
Date:
August 19, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses in a cabbage patch, Circle vicinity, 1946

Mertie West poses by produce at a public market, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing by a produce stands while visiting a public market in Boston. Piles of fruit in crates line the bottom edge. Pears sit in the crates at right. Behind the pears, Mertie West stands, just right-of-center, and smiles to the camera. Behind and to the right of her, other shoppers mill about the market. Horses hitched to carts stand in an angled row behind the shoppers. The carts they haul are laden with crates. Behind the horse-drawn wagons, a long, covered market stand stretches across the image. Tall buildings rise in the background at right.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses by produce at a public market, Boston, 1947

Mertie West poses beside the touring bus while traveling between Jasper and Lake Louise, Alberta, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing beside a touring bus while stopped en route from Jasper to Lake Louise. A dirt and gravel road stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. The Rocky Mountain Tours Co. bus (partial view) enters frame at left and is parked along the far, left side of the road. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces right. Along the side of the bus, it reads, "BANFF · LAKE LOUISE · JASPER Rocky Mountain Tours Co." Mertie West stands in the near distance, right-of-center, and faces the camera. She stands in front of the bus's open passenger door. A cliff side rises from the far side of the road and occupies the background.
Date:
June 28, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses beside the touring bus while traveling between Jasper and Lake Louise, Alberta, 1947

Mertie West poses beside the touring bus at Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing beside the Rocky Mt. Tours bus in the parking lot at Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park. The parking lot stretches across the foreground. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center, and looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of her, a touring bus is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear and the side, facing right. Across the back of the bus it reads, "ROCKY MT. TOURS." A car (partial view) is parked to the left of the bus. Ahead of the bus at center, a single-story log structure stands, partially obscured by the bus. Signage on and around the building reads, from left to right, "LIVERY BUSES [left pointing arrow] and [right pointing arrow] CARS ONLY," "POINT BLANKETS 'The Seal of Quality' NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS SEAL," and "ALBERTA OFFICIAL AAA [illegible] MOTOR ASS'N." Tall pines dominate the background.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses beside the touring bus at Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, 1947