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Three women stand outside the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus and poorly-lit photograph of 3 women standing on the sidewalk in front of the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End neighborhood. A sliver of N Square passes across the lower right corner on an angle. At center and right, 3 women dressed in dark clothing stand on the sidewalk that lines the front of the Paul Revere House. All face away from camera. The Paul Revere House stands on the far side of the street. It is viewed close-up and at an angle from the front. The timber-constructed dwelling stands 2-stories tall with lattice-pane windows lining both floors. An American flag extends out from the center of the building. A building adjacent to the Paul Revere House stands along the right edge. Two streaks of white enter the frame at far right.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Three women stand outside the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Mertie West walks past a construction site and towards Richmond Street, [Boston], 1947

Description:
According to the negative sleeve, this photographic negative was taken in Alexandria, Virginia. The street signs in this image are legible and do not match the geography of Alexandria. They correlate to the geography of Boston, which was also visited by the West's on their "Eastern trip" in October, 1947.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks past a construction site and towards Richmond Street, [Boston], 1947

Mertie West visits Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Description:
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.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West visits Granary Burying Ground, Boston, 1947

Mertie West talks with the caretaker at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of a caretaker and Mertie West conversing on a set of stairs at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. They are seen from an elevated angle. Tiered sets of wide steps extend on an angle along the bottom edge. They cascade downward to the right as they stretch into the distance. At center, the caretaker and Mertie West stand one tier below camera and 3 above street-level. Both pause their conversation and look to the camera. The caretaker rests a hand on a broom standing in front of him. A dustpan sits on the landing in front of Mertie. Behind them, a wrought-iron fence enters frame at left, lining the park's edge, and stops at center where it meets the base of the stairs. Beyond the fence and sidewalk, Monument Square runs parallel to the park's edge. Row houses line the far side of the street in the background.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West talks with the caretaker at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1947

Mertie West strolls through a public market, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West strolling through a public, open-air market in Boston. A brick-paved road enters frame along the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Market visitors walk along the road, obscuring it as it stretches into the distance. Mertie West stands in a gap in the crowd at center. She looks to the camera and holds a paper bag in her hand. A man walks towards camera in the foreground near the left edge. Two men stand along the right edge. Other shoppers mill about behind Mertie at center. Beyond the shoppers, a tall building rises. It enters frame at left and stretches towards the right. Along the left side of the building, an awning extends out over the shoppers. On the right half of the building, signage between rows of windows reads, "BATCHELDER & SNYDER COMPANY [...]."
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West strolls through a public market, Boston, 1947

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 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 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 a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument in Boston. A sidewalk enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back towards a statue at center. In the near distance, Mertie West stands to the right side of the statue and looks to camera. Beside her, the bronze sculpture of Colonel William Prescott sits atop a granite pedestal. The pedestal stands slightly taller than Mertie. Engraving on the front of the pedestal reads, "COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT JUNE 17, 1775." Behind both Mertie and the sculpture the Bunker Hill Monument obelisk rises at center, extending beyond the top frame. Four punched holes line the lower left edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses beside a statue of Colonel William Prescott at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, 1947

Mertie West and another woman stand down the street from Old South Meeting House, Boston, 1947

Description:
A poorly-lit photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and an unidentified woman standing down the street from the Old South Meeting House in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood of Boston. Washington Street spans the width of the image along the bottom edge. It extends back through the center of the image, curving to the left before disappearing behind buildings. Mertie West and another woman stand in the middle of the street at center. Mertie is leftmost and stands in profile, facing right. The woman at right turns her back to the camera. Buildings line both sides of Washington Street as it stretches into the background. At right and in the near distance, the Old South Meeting House stands. The church's bell tower juts out towards the street. A clock is inset on the near side of the tower. The tower is capped by a tall steeple. Four punched holes line 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 and another woman stand down the street from Old South Meeting House, Boston, 1947

Mertie West and a caretaker sit in the trophy and relic room at Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and a caretaker sitting on benches that line the relic room at Faneuil Hall. The room enters frame along the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the right. A wall lines the left side of the room. Doorways stand equally spaced along the wall. Between each doorway hangs a large painting. Benches sit beneath each painting. Mertie West and the caretaker sit on the second bench from the left. Both face to the right. Along the top of the wall at left, rifles are mounted over each door frame. Above the rifles, framed portraits line the top of the wall and continue onto the back wall. Flags also extend out from the top of the wall at left. Back in the corner of the room, a piano stands.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and a caretaker sit in the trophy and relic room at Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1947

H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West walking away from the front door of the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End neighborhood. Along the bottom edge, a sliver of N Square stretches on an upward angle to the right. At far left, 2 young children play with a toy car on the sidewalk that passes in front of the Paul Revere House. The Paul Revere House stands on the far side of the street. It is viewed close-up and at an angle from the front. The timber-constructed dwelling stands 2-stories tall with lattice-pane windows lining both floors. An American flag extends out from the center of the building. H. H. West stands in the distance at far right, facing camera as he walks away from the house. A building adjacent to the Paul Revere House is barely visible standing along the right edge.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West walks in front of the Paul Revere House, Boston, 1947

H. H. West stands beside the Boston Common Frog Pond, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West standing beside the Frog Pond at Boston Common. A park lawn stretches across the bottom edge and back on an angle to the left. A brick-paved walkway runs alongside it to the right. On the other side of the walkway, the Frog Pond enters frame from the right and stretches back towards center. H. H. West stands at center, along the left edge of the man-made pond. He looks to the camera. The wide walkway appears to extend around the perimeter of the pond. Along the left edge of the walkway, park visitors sit on benches that line the walkway and overlook the pond. Trees stand around the pond as it stretches into the distance.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West stands beside the Boston Common Frog Pond, Boston, 1947

H. H. West stands beside Paul Revere's grave marker in the Granary Burying Grounds, Boston, 1947

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West standing beside Paul Revere's grave marker in the Granary Burying Grounds. H. H. West stands in the cemetery grounds, just right-of-center. He faces slightly left and looks downward. To the left of him the monument for Paul Revere stands. It is viewed at an angle from the side. Its inscription reads, "PAUL REVERE BORN IN BOSTON. JANUARY, 1934: DIED MAY, 1818." Wire stretches across the image, in front of H. H. and the grave marker. The surrounding cemetery grounds extend through the mid-ground. A tree stands behind H. H. and a building (partial view) is visible 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
H. H. West stands beside Paul Revere's grave marker in the Granary Burying Grounds, Boston, 1947