Photograph of Alexandria, Virginia, as viewed from the front steps of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The view looks eastward. Three tiers of wide, stone-paved steps stretch across the foreground. They cascade downward as they stretch back towards center. Just beyond the steps, a drive passes horizontally through the memorial's grounds. Two cars travel towards the left and a bus travels to the right. Beyond and below the drive, the tiered, landscaped grounds of the memorial stretch towards Alexandria. Residential areas of the town are visible in the distance at left. A railroad passes through Alexandria at a slight angle. Buildings stand across the image, throughout the town. King Street stretches straight back through center and into the distance.
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West stepping onto a curb while walking through Alexandria. A street enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. A sidewalk stretches alongside it at right. At center, Mertie West steps up from the street and onto the sidewalk with her back to camera. Just down the street at left, a car is parked along the curb. It is viewed from the rear. Behind Mertie, a storefront stands at a street corner. A group of pedestrians walk to the left of the storefront. Behind them and the car, a cross street stretches across the image. It is obscured by the car at left and disappears behind the shop at right. Buildings stand in the background at left.
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.
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the front steps of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial and looking towards Alexandria. A large stone landing spans the foreground on an upward angle to the left. Mertie West stands on the landing at center. She faces away from camera. Ahead of her and to the right, the George Washington Masonic National Monument's grounds stretch into the near distance. Beyond the grounds, Alexandria is visible in the distance. Residential areas of the town sit to the left of the memorial's grounds. Farther back, a railroad passes through Alexandria at a slight angle. Buildings stand across Alexandria's cityscape.
A long-exposure photograph of the interior of the Alexandria-Washington Lodge no. 22 replica at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. An open floor stretches from the bottom edge and towards the back wall at center. In the center of the floor, a relic in a glass case sits atop a polygonal pedestal. Beyond it, three tiered risers elevate a central chair. A faux doorway decorates the back wall immediately behind it. Fluted pilasters frame a portrait. Above the portrait, dentils ornament a pediment. Two additional portraits hang from either side of the back wall. A single riser juts out from the wall and wraps along the perimeter of the interior. Artifacts sit behind velvet ropes that line the the front of the riser. Visitors to the space are captured in motion standing in the right corner of the room.
