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Mertie West, Wes Witherby and Zetta Witherby pose for a photograph at the Boulder Dam, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of: Mertie West, Wes Witherby and Zetta Witherby posing for a photograph in front of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam on the Arizona side of the dam. Mertie West stands at left and looks to the camera with her purse under her arm and her hands clasped in front of her. Wes Witherby stands with his hands behind his back and leg extended out as he looks to the camera. Zetta Witherby looks to camera as her purse hangs from her wrist. The trio stands in front of a walkway barrier. The dam intake towers, the canyon and the power lines atop the canyon occupy the background.
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Wes Witherby and Zetta Witherby pose for a photograph at the Boulder Dam, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life preserver during a ship safety drill. Mertie West stands at center, wearing a life jacket, and faces left. The covered deck she stands upon stretches behind her on an upward angle from left to right. A guardrail lines the far side of the walkway. Two other passengers stand along the rail at far right, behind Mertie. Behind the 2 other passengers, a jet of water streams from the ship and arcs out to the ocean. The ocean stretches into distance.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. Mertie stands at center wearing a life jacket. She faces towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail as she looks out at the ocean to the right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind her and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Mertie West watches Riverside Geyser erupt, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the side of a road and watching Riverside Geyser erupt from across Firehole River. The road stretches on a diagonal across the bottom edge and lower left corner of the image. Beyond it, Firehole River flows parallel to it. H. H. West's Buick (partial view) is parked along the side of the road at far left and is viewed from the back. Mertie stands to the right of it, at the edge of the roadside. She faces away from the camera and looks across Firehole River. On the opposite bank, Riverside Geyser erupts with steam at center. The steam wafts towards the right. Pines stand on a low hillside that rises beyond the geyser.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West watches Riverside Geyser erupt, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Mertie West watches from the roadside as Riverside Geyser erupts, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the side of a road and watching Riverside Geyser erupt from across Firehole River. The road stretches on a diagonal across the bottom edge and lower left corner of the image. Beyond it, Firehole River flows parallel to it. H. H. West's Buick (partial view) is parked along the side of the road at far left and is viewed from the back. Mertie stands to the right of it, atop a low ledge lining the edge of the roadside. She faces away from the camera and looks across Firehole River. On the opposite bank, Riverside Geyser erupts with steam at center. The steam wafts towards the right. Pines stand on a low hillside that rises beyond the geyser.
Date:
June 23, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West watches from the roadside as Riverside Geyser erupts, Yellowstone National Park, 1942

Mertie West watches a man picking wild cranberries, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West watching a man pick wild cranberries in McKinley Park (now Denali Park) near Denali National Park and Preserve. Berry bushes stand in the foreground at right and stretch back on an arc to the left. Mertie West and the man picking cranberries stand in the near distance at center. Mertie stands with her back to the camera as she watches the man. He faces towards the camera as he crouches down to pick berries. Mountains are visible lining 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 watches a man picking wild cranberries, Denali National Park and Preserve vicinity, 1946

Mertie West walks with the Presbyterian minister's wife past the school, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West (left) and the wife of the Presbyterian minister (right) stroll down a walkway past a school in Metlakatla, Alaska. A wood-plank walkway extends back through the center of the image. In the distance at center, Mertie West and the minister's wife walk, side-by-side, towards the camera. Tall grasses and shrubbery line both sides of the walkway. Behind and to the right of the women, a school stands. It extends beyond the frame at right and faces towards the left. A house stands behind and to the left of the women. Pines line the walkway in the distance.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks with the Presbyterian minister's wife past the school, Metlakatla, 1946

Mertie West walks with a tour group through the Temple Square grounds, Salt Lake City, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking with a group of other tourists on a guided group tour of the Temple Square grounds. Manicured grounds stand in the foreground at left and extend into the distance. At right, tourists walk in a large group away from the camera along a walkway. Mertie West walks in the middle of the group and glances back towards the camera. The corner of a 2-story building stands along the left frame. Tall trees stands behind the tour group, dotting the grounds. Through the trees, another building is barely visible at center.
Date:
June 21, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks with a tour group through the Temple Square grounds, Salt Lake City, 1942

Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking up a gangplank to board a ship in Metlakatla, Alaska. The dock stretches across the foreground. Passengers waiting to board the ship stand in the near distance at left; most have their backs to the camera. At center, a gangplank on the dock stretches upwards to the right and towards a promenade deck of a ship. With her back to the camera, Mertie West walks up the gangplank and towards the ship. The ship stretches across the background on an angle, extending beyond the left and right frames. Passengers stand near the rail of the promenade deck and face towards the camera. A couple of lifeboats sit atop the upper deck.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Mertie West walks through a bank of snow towards the Rim Visitor Center, Crater Lake National Park, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking through a snow bank to avoid a large puddle of water that has inundated the pathway along the crater rim. The pathway enters frame from the lower right corner and extends into the image at an upward angle towards the Rim Visitors Center standing in the distance at center. A low, stone wall lines the right side of the pathway. Water covers the majority of the pathway. A bank of snow occupies the lower left corner. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center and walks through the snow to avoid the water. She walks with her back to the camera. Ahead of her and on the pathway at right, a couple stands. Pines surround the visitors center in the distance at center and the top of a mountain is visible in the far distance at right.
Date:
July 1, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks through a bank of snow towards the Rim Visitor Center, Crater Lake National Park, 1942

Mertie West walks past the bus at Paxson Lodge, Gulkana vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking in front of a bus during a stop at Paxson Lodge in Paxson, Alaska. A dirt road stretches across the foreground. In the near distance, Paxson Lodge stands at center. It is viewed from the front. Signs on the building read, "PAXSON LODGE. GOOD FISHING. [BI]G GAME HUNTING.," and, "PAXSON LIQUOR STORE." Mertie West is at center and walks towards the camera. Behind and to the left of her, a bus is parked. It enters frame at left and is viewed at angle from the side, facing right. The passenger door to the bus stands open. Over the windows of the bus, it reads, "[...]RA BUS LINES." Two men walk towards the store behind and to the right of Mertie. The man wearing flannel turns his head towards the camera. A brush-covered hillside rises across the background.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks past the bus at Paxson Lodge, Gulkana vicinity, 1946

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 walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking away from the Shawcreek Lodge. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center. She faces towards the camera and looks to the left as she walks away from the lodge behind her. A person's arm enters the foreground along the left frame. Behind Mertie, a dirt pathway stretches through the middle of the image. It leads towards the front entrance of the lodge. Wood plank walkways lie on the ground in front of the entrance. Three men and a dog stand out front. The front entrance of the lodge stands at center. The enclosed entrance juts forward from the front of the building. Over the door, a sign reads, "SHAWCREEK BUS STOP." The building extends behind Mertie and across the image. It extends out-of-frame at left and right.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks from the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Mertie West walks and converses with the Cares of Glendale, New Orleans, 1947

Description:
A slightly out-of-focus photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West, Ruth A. Care and Colin D. Care conversing and crossing a road. The road stretches across the foreground. Mertie West and the Cares cross the road in the near distance at center. They are captured in motion as they walk towards camera. Mertie West appears to engage in conversation with Ruth Care while they walk. Colin Care holds Ruth by the arm at right and looks to the camera. Behind them, a lawn runs alongside the road. Several other people mill about the lawn area. In the background, an animal cage sits at left, trees stand at center and a brick building stands at right. Patches of white dot the bottom edge and larger streaks flank the lower left and right edges.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks and converses with the Cares of Glendale, New Orleans, 1947

Mertie West walks along an observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking along an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York. The open-air observation deck enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches straight back. Mertie West, left-of-center, walks along the balcony and towards the camera in the near distance. In front and to the left of her, another visitor stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. At right, a short set of steps enters frame from the bottom edge and ascends to an open doorway. Beyond the doorway is an enclosed viewing area. The indoor viewing area lines the right edge of the exterior observation area. Several windows sit in a row along the exterior wall of the building.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks along an observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Mertie West walks along a driveway in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 1947

Description:
Distant view of Mertie West walking along a driveway in Arlington National Cemetery. A cemetery lawn enters frame from the bottom edge at left and stretches straight back. Beside it, a wide driveway runs parallel to it at right, also entering frame from the bottom edge. Down the road and at center, Mertie West walks, approaching the camera. Behind her, the driveway widens into a roundabout. Shrubbery sits in the middle of the roundabout. Trees and shrubbery dot the cemetery's grounds throughout the image.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks along a driveway in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, 1947

Mertie West walking towards the lodge of Odell Lake Resort, Odell Lake, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking towards the lodge at the Odell Lake Resort. A drive extends from the lower right corner towards the center where it is intersected by another drive running perpendicular to it. Mertie West walks away from the camera at center and towards a lodge that stands ahead of her. The lodge stands in the near distance, left-of-center, beyond the drive that stretches horizontally. It is viewed from the front at a slight angle. Pines stand tall behind it and extend towards the drives.
Date:
June 30, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walking towards the lodge of Odell Lake Resort, Odell Lake, 1942

Mertie West walking down the road towards Whittier depot, Whittier, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking along a road in Whittier, Alaska towards the Whittier depot. A dirt road stretches through the middle of the image on an upward angle from the lower left corner towards the right. Its shoulder runs alongside it at right. In the shoulder at right, Mertie West walks away from camera in the near distance. A ditch runs alongside the shoulder at far right. Ahead of Mertie, a couple of people also walk away from the camera and down the road. Along the left side of the road, elevated train tracks run parallel to the road. A train is visible sitting on the far end of the tracks, right-of-center. To the right of the train, a structure stands at the end of the road. Snow-covered mountains rise across the background.
Date:
September 2, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walking down the road towards Whittier depot, Whittier, 1946

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 views Horseshoe (or Canadian) Falls from behind a parapet, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing behind a parapet and looking out towards Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) at Niagara Falls. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. Mertie West stands, left-of-center, on the near side of a parapet and with her back to camera. The parapet stretches across the image, in front of Mertie. In the distance and at a lower elevation, the Niagara River (right) cascades over Horseshoe Falls, left-of-center. Mist from the falls rises up from the basin. On the far side of the falls and beyond the mist, at left, Niagara Falls, New York is visible.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West views Horseshoe (or Canadian) Falls from behind a parapet, Niagara Falls, 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 talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of an officer of the Aleutian and Mertie West chatting outside the bridge on the top deck of the Aleutian. Mertie West and the officer both stand in partial view in the lower right corner. Mertie stands along the right edge and is visible from the shoulders up. She faces left to converse with the officer. The officer stands to the left of her. He is visible from the torso up and faces right to converse with Mertie. Behind them stands the bridge or cabin. It stretches on an angle back from left to right. A ladder rises along the side of the cabin behind the officer. Atop the roof and left-of-center, a signboard reads, "ALEUTIAN." At far right, a funnel rises tall behind Mertie; it billows smoke.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

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 strolls down the Ventura Wharf, Ventura, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West taking a stroll down the Ventura Wharf. The Ventura Wharf spans the width of the bottom edge. It stretches back on a slight angle from right towards center. Along the left side of the pier, fishermen stand in a line along the rail with their gear. The two fishermen nearest to camera appear to converse with one another. One man stands alongside the left edge with his back to camera and farther down the dock the second man faces towards camera. To the right of them, a few people stroll along the pier in the near distance. Mertie West is one of these persons. She stands second from the right and walks down the pier, away from camera. In the background at center, people can be seen at the end of the pier.
Date:
September, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West strolls down the Ventura Wharf, Ventura, 1948

Mertie West strolls across Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus and poorly-lit photograph of Mertie West walking along the Old North Bridge in Concord. The bridge spans the width of the bottom edge and sits off-center to the right. It stretches straight back towards center. Woodbeam railings line both sides of the bridge. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She appears to walk towards the camera. The bridge terminates behind her. Trees line the background and a monument is just visible behind and to the left of Mertie. A filmy, white haze glazes over 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 strolls across Old North Bridge, Concord, 1947

Mertie West steps onto a curb while walking through Alexandria, Alexandria, 1947

Description:
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.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West steps onto a curb while walking through Alexandria, Alexandria, 1947

Mertie West stands with luggage on the curb outside Union Station, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing curbside with luggage outside Union Station upon arrival back in Los Angeles from a trip to Alaska. A roadway passes through the foreground on an upward angle from the lower right corner to the left. The wide sidewalk outside the station stretches back from the right side of the roadway. Mertie West stands at center near the edge of the curb. She looks to the camera. Several pieces of luggage sit on the ground in front of her. A few people walk outside the station in the distance. The exterior of Union Station stands across the background.
Date:
September 21, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands with luggage on the curb outside Union Station, Los Angeles, 1946

Mertie West stands under the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock. Water Street stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the street, the portico sheltering Plymouth Rock stands, off-center to the right. It is viewed close-up and at an angle from its western side. Six Doric order columns line the long sides of the rectangular structure and 4 columns line the short sides. The columns support a capping entablature. An inscription in the frieze on the near side reads, "ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS." Mertie West stands beneath the portico and between the 2 central columns on its western side. She faces camera. Other visitors to Plymouth Rock are visible beneath the portico 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 under the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947

Mertie West stands under the Boulder Dam near the Colorado River, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing somewhere beneath the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam near the Colorado River. She stands right-of-center and faces to the left. Mertie wears a long, dark coat and a hat. An unknown woman in a long, light coat stands behind her to the left. Tracks run along the ground behind the both of them and a large structure with windows occupies the background.
Date:
March, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands under the Boulder Dam near the Colorado River, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Mertie West stands under a tarp at a campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Description:
Mertie West stands under a tarp at a campsite at Rock Creek. At the left, there is a tent. There are rocks in the foreground. Next to Mrs. West, there are pots and pans. There is a table at the right under the tarp. There are trees in the background and at the right.
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 under a tarp at a campsite at Rock Creek, Mammoth Lakes vicinity, 1940

Mertie West stands outside the West's motel room, San Jose, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a step outside the front door to the motor lodge she and H. H. West stayed at while passing through San Jose. A gravel drive passes across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. The span of motel rooms runs parallel to the drive, entering the frame at left and stretching towards the right. Mertie West stands at center on a concrete step in front of the front door to an end unit room. To her left, two cars are parked, side-by-side, beneath a covered parking area. A door to another unit stands at far left and extends out-of-frame. Trees and shrubbery line the side of the building at right.
Date:
July 5, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the West's motel room, San Jose, 1942

Mertie West stands outside the West's cabin at McCoy's Motor Court, Phoenix, 1942

Description:
Mertie West stands in the distance in front of the West's cabin at McCoy's Motor Court in Phoenix. The Wests stopped here en route to the Grand Canyon. She stands left-of-center in front of the front door to their cabin. In front of her, Adirondack chairs sit in a small rock-lined yard which is encircled by a driveway. The West's car is parked halfway under their cabin's carport on the left side of the cabin. The cabin is part of a duplex and sits on the left side of the duplex. Another unit sits attached to their cabin at right.
Date:
May, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the West's cabin at McCoy's Motor Court, Phoenix, 1942

Mertie West stands outside the Shawcreek Lodge's front door, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing outside the front entrance to Shawcreek Lodge. A dirt pathway stretches from the bottom edge and back through center, giving way to a wood plank walkway that continues back towards the lodge. The front entrance of the lodge stands at center. The enclosed entrance juts forward from the front of the building. The door stands open and Mertie West poses to the right of it. Over the door, a sign reads, "SHAWCREEK LODGE BUS STOP." The building extends behind Mertie and across the image. It extends out-of-frame at left and right.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the Shawcreek Lodge's front door, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Mertie West stands outside the New York Stock Exchange building, New York, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the New York Stock Exchange building while visiting the Financial District. A wide sidewalk enters frame along the bottom edge at left and stretches back towards center. In the foreground at right, a car in partial view is parked along the curb, facing camera. Two men lean against the car and face left. Just beyond them, in the near distance, Mertie West stands along the street curb. She stands in profile facing left, but turns her head to camera. Men walk along the sidewalk to the left of her and away from the camera. The New York Stock Exchange building lines the far left side of the sidewalk. It enters frame from the left edge and stands in partial view. Decorated corbels support balconies that extend outward from the building's second-story. An American Flag and a United Hospital Fund flag also extend out from the building and fly over the sidewalk. In the distance at right, Federal Hall National Monument stands in partial view. It is viewed from its front facade. Columns line its portico, supporting an entablature and pediment. A statue stands outside the front of the building. Surrounding buildings in the Financial District rise 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 stands outside the New York Stock Exchange building, New York, 1947

Mertie West stands outside the First National Bank of Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 1946

Description:
Distant view of Mertie West standing on the sidewalk in front of the First National Bank of Fairbanks. A street passes through the foreground on a slight angle. On the opposite side of the street, a car is parked along the curb at right. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces left. Beyond the car, Mertie West stands at center on the sidewalk just outside the entrance to the First National Bank of Fairbanks. She faces the camera. Several other people walk along the sidewalk. Behind her, the First National Bank of Fairbanks stands. The art-deco-styled building stands 2-stories tall at center and is viewed at a slight angle. A large metal plaque containing the name of the bank sits above the door's lintel. An abutting building stands to the right of the bank.
Date:
August 21, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the First National Bank of Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 1946

Mertie West stands outside the Eureka Roadhouse, Glennallen vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in front of the Eureka Roadhouse near Glennallen. A gravel drive extends through the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. The rear end of a bus juts into frame from left. Beyond the bus, Mertie West stands, left-of-center, in the drive and looks to the camera. The Eureka Roadhouse stands behind and to the right of Mertie, off-center to the right. The 2-story structure is of log construction. It is viewed at an angle from the front and faces left. A man behind and to the right of Mertie approaches the front door of the establishment. Three dormers sit atop the roof. The leftmost dormer appears to be under construction. Scaffolding stands along the right side of the building.
Date:
August 23, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the Eureka Roadhouse, Glennallen vicinity, 1946

Mertie West stands outside the Council Chamber building, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in front of the Council Chamber building in Metlakatla, Alaska. A wood plank walkway stretches across the foreground. Mertie West stands at center on this walkway and faces towards camera. She looks towards a woman at left, who holds a box. A large wooden patio extends back from the walkway. The small Council Chamber building stands beyond the patio and behind Mertie. It is viewed from the front. Steps lead up to the front porch at the center of the building. The front door stands at the top of the steps, elevated above ground-level, and beneath a gabled porch roof. A sign beneath the gable reads, "COUNCIL CHAMBER." Several people sit at the base of the steps of the building. A waterway and mountains are visible in the background.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the Council Chamber building, Metlakatla, 1946

Mertie West stands outside the Capilano Suspension Bridge park, Vancouver, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the Capilano Suspension Bridge park in Vancouver. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center. She looks to the right, towards another park visitor who walks towards the camera at far right. Behind the 2 women, a road stretches on an upward angle from right to left. On the far side of the street at right, 2 cars are parked in a parking area. In the distance at center and to the left of the cars, a billboard stands. The billboard reads, "CAPILANO SUSPENSION BRIDGE The ORIGINAL [S]WINGING BRIDGE [C]APILANO CANYON." Pines stand across the background.
Date:
June 25, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside the Capilano Suspension Bridge park, Vancouver, 1947

Mertie West stands outside her residence at North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the walkway in front of her home on North Ridgewood Place. Mertie West stands at center. She dons a fur coat and faces towards the right. A walkway stretches from the lower left corner and back to the front porch steps. It also branches and veers on an angle to the right. A large front porch stretches back behind and to the left of Mertie. An arch stretches over the steps. The doors to the units sit side-by-side at the back of the porch. Their address plates read, from left to right, "832," and "830."
Date:
January 19, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands outside her residence at North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Mertie West stands on the walkway outside her home at North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the walkway outside her home at North Ridgewood Place in Los Angeles. Mertie West stands at center. She dons a fur coat and looks to the camera. The walkway beneath her stretches across the image, widening as it approaches the front porch steps of her home at right and narrowing as it approaches the street at left. The front yard stretches behind her at center. Cars park along North Ridgewood Place in the distance at left. Neighboring houses stand in a line stretching back at right.
Date:
January 19, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on the walkway outside her home at North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, 1947

Mertie West stands on the platform a the Albuquerque train station, Albuquerque, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the platform at the Albuquerque railroad station. Mertie West stands in the foreground, just left-of-center, and looks to the camera. She stands on a brick-paved platform that enters frame at left and extends into the distance at right. Behind her, about a dozen other travelers stand or walk along the platform. Directly behind Mertie, a news stand stands. It is viewed at an angle from the side, facing right. Along the top of the building it reads, "NEWS STAND Tre[...] SANDWICHES." A low wall lines the left side of the platform. As it stretches into the distance, trees and other vegetation grow behind it. A small stand with signs reading "WESTERN UNION," stands alongside the wall at left. At far right, train tracks run parallel to the platform. A train is visible sitting on the tracks in the distance.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on the platform a the Albuquerque train station, Albuquerque, 1947

Mertie West stands on the observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on an observation deck at the top of the Empire State Building in New York City. Mertie West stands, just left-of-center, with her back to the camera. She appear to point towards the distance. Ahead of her, a concrete barrier wall lines the edge of the balcony. A couple to the left of Mertie stands with their backs to the camera as they lean over the edge of the wall and look down. To the right of Mertie, a viewing scope stands. Beyond the wall, only a hazy sky is visible.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on the observation deck atop the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Mertie West stands on the front stoop of her and H. H. West's cabin, Rupert, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the front step of the motel she and H. H. West stopped at en route from Yellowstone National Park. A landscaped lawn stretches across the foreground. Beyond it at right stands a couple of attached rooms at the motel. Mertie stands in the distance at center in front of the door of the leftmost unit. A car is parked beneath an attached car port on the far right side of the building. Neighboring the motel on the left stands a house obscured by hedges that line the property along the left edge. A car with open doors is parked between the motel and the house. A willow tree stands in the distance at center behind the motel.
Date:
June 25, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on the front stoop of her and H. H. West's cabin, Rupert, 1942

Mertie West stands on a terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a large terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel. Mertie West stands in the foreground, right-of-center. She faces left and wears a coat draped over her shoulders. The balcony she stands on extends behind her through the foreground and mid-ground. Lounging chairs are grouped in clusters on the near side of a stone parapet that lines the back perimeter of the terrace. Other hotel guests stand along the parapet and look past it. Beyond the terrace, Mount Rundle stretches across 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 stands on a terrace at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, 1947

Mertie West stands on a street corner outside Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a street corner across the street from Harvard Yard. A brick-paved sidewalk spans the width of the bottom edge, curving across the lower left corner. Mertie West stands at center, just at the back edge of the sidewalk; she looks to camera. Behind and to the left of her, a woman beside the left edge steps onto the sidewalk. In the near distance, Massachusetts Avenue stretches across the image. Several cars drive along it. Harvard Yard stretches along the far side of Massachusetts Avenue. Massachusetts Hall stands at center, behind Mertie. The Georgian-style building is viewed at a slight angle from its short side. Beside it, Straus Hall enters frame from the right. Straus Hall is viewed from its long side. Both buildings are draped in ivy.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a street corner outside Harvard University, Cambridge, 1947

Mertie West stands on a street corner in front of the second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on the north corner of the intersection of Howe and West Georgia Streets in Vancouver. Mertie West stands on a sidewalk corner at center and looks to the camera. Beside her, a traffic light stands on the sidewalk. West Georgia Street enters frame at right and extends back towards center. Behind and to the left of Mertie, a few pedestrians cross Howe Street. Howe Street stretches across the image. Beyond Howe Street, at left, stores line W. Georgia Street and face right. Signs for the stores, from front to back, read, "NEW YO[...] FUR CO[...]," and "Picardy BEAUTY SHOP ENTRANCE 618 HOWE ST." At the intersection and directly behind Mertie, workers perform street maintenance. Along the right edge, in the background, the second Hotel Vancouver stands in partial view. Its entrance porch faces towards W. Georgia St. Another building stands behind it at center.
Date:
June 25, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a street corner in front of the second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, 1947

Mertie West stands on a sidewalk in downtown Banff, Banff, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on a sidewalk along Banff Avenue in Banff, Alberta. Mertie West stands, right-of-center, on a sidewalk in the foreground. She stands in profile, facing left, but looks to the camera. The sidewalk she stands on enters from the bottom edge at center and extends back to the right. Banff Avenue runs parallel to it, entering frame from the lower left corner and extending into the distance at center. Behind Mertie, at far right, a Texaco gas stations occupies the the street corner. Gas pumps stand at far right and a Texaco sign stands behind Mertie. The King Edward Hotel stands on the far side of the cross street, behind Mertie. Signs for other businesses lining the right side of Banff Avenue are visible beyond the hotel. Buildings also line the left side of Banff Avenue as it stretches into the distance. Cars park along the street and people are visible milling about. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a sidewalk in downtown Banff, Banff, 1947

Mertie West stands on an observation deck at the top of the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing on an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York. Mertie West and the platform are seen from a slightly elevated view. The observation deck enters frame from the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the right. Mertie West stands on the deck in the near distance at center and looks to camera. A barrier wall lines the perimeter of the observation deck at left and wraps around the back edge towards the right. Ornamentation decorates the wall at far left. Behind and to the right of Mertie, other visitors stand along the wall and look out over the city. One man operates a viewing scope that stands at the observation deck's corner. A hazy sky obscures the New York skyline 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 stands on an observation deck at the top of the Empire State Building, New York, 1947

Mertie West stands on a lawn in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing on a lawn in Stanley Park in Vancouver. The lawn spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back into the distance on an angle to the left. Mertie West stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She stands in profile, facing left, but turns her head towards the camera. Further back on the lawn, other park visitors walk at left. Trees line the lawn's right (or back) edge in the distance.
Date:
July 1, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a lawn in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1947

Mertie West stands on a corner of Canal Street, New Orleans, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing on a sidewalk alongside Canal Street in New Orleans. The camera looks northwest down Canal Street. A sidewalk spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back towards the mid-ground, where it meets a side street. In the foreground at left, an awning hangs from the top edge. Along the right edge, a nearby storefront stretches straight back. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She stands near the curb and looks to the camera. Behind her, a street passes across the image. Several pedestrians cross the street. On the opposite side of the street, a block of buildings stands and stretches back into the distance. Signage for the building's near occupants reads, "Catherine SHOPS," and "[...] & SON INC. WHOLESALE JEWELERS." At left, cars park along Canal Street. Canal Street enters frame from left and extends into the distance towards center. Buildings line the opposite side of Canal Street in the background at left. Large streaks of white flank the image on the lower left and lower right edges.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands on a corner of Canal Street, New Orleans, 1947

Mertie West stands next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing next to 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, left-of-center, on a sidewalk. The bottom third of the box is decorated with a brick print. Above the brick print, it reads, "Christmas time." Mertie West stands with the box, behind and to the left of it, and looks to the camera. At right, a car is parked on the street and palm trees stand in the background.
Date:
December, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands next to a Christmas present fixed up for Wes Witherby by H. H. West, Los Angeles, 1936

Mertie West stands near the sightseeing bus at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West posing beside her tour bus while visiting Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park. Mertie West stands at center. A blanket is draped around her as she looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of her sits the tour bus. It enters frame at left and stretches back. It is viewed from the side and faces the back of the image. Along its side, it reads, "[...] Tours Co. JASPER." Several other passengers are gathered behind and to the right of Mertie, just beyond the bus' passenger door. Pines stand in the background.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands near the sightseeing bus at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, 1947

Mertie West stands in the road and poses in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room, Field vicinity, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in the road and posing in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room in Yoho National Park. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, and looks to camera. The road she stands upon spans the width of the bottom frame and stretches back on an angle to the left. A rocky hillside rises up from the right side of the road and along the right edge. Tall pines stand on the hillside. A sign, left-of-center, stands to the right of Mertie and rises from the hillside. The sign reads, "KICKING HORSE TEA [horse figure in silhouette] ROOM LIGHT LUNCHES SEE [illegible text] SPIRAL TUNNEL." Tall mountains at center rise in the distance.
Date:
June 30, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in the road and poses in front of a sign for the Kicking Horse Tea Room, Field vicinity, 1947

Mertie West stands in the road above Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 1942

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in a road that passes by Lake Tahoe. The road stretches across the foreground. Mertie stands in the near distance, left-of-center. She faces towards the right and turns to look to the camera as she crosses her arms in front of her. Mertie faces a car that is parked to the right of her. The car is in partial view and is viewed from the side; its front end faces left. In the distance, Lake Tahoe sprawls across the image, beneath the roadside. A dock extends into the water at far left. Snow-covered mountains rise from the opposite bank in the distance.
Date:
June 19, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in the road above Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, 1942

Mertie West stands in the front doorway of the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing in the entrance to Shawcreek Lodge. The photograph tilts down towards the left. A wood plank walkway stretches from the bottom edge and back towards the lodge at center. The lodge's enclosed entrance juts forward from the front of the building. The door is open; Mertie West stands inside the door frame and looks to the camera. Over the door, a sign reads, "SHAWCREEK LODGE BUS STOP." The building extends behind Mertie and across the image, exiting frame at left.
Date:
August 22, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in the front doorway of the Shawcreek Lodge, [Delta Junction vicinity?], 1946

Mertie West stands in front of H. H. West's Buick, surrounded by redwoods, Humboldt County vicinity?, 1942

Description:
Distant view of Mertie West standing by the West's Buick while traveling along a road surrounded by redwoods. The road stretches from the lower right on an upward angle towards center, disappearing behind H. H. West's parked Buick. Standing on both sides of the road are redwood trees. On the left side of the road and in the distance, Mertie West stands in front of the Buick. She faces towards the left. The Buick is parked behind her and is viewed from the front. Redwoods extend into the background.
Date:
[July 3, 1942]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in front of H. H. West's Buick, surrounded by redwoods, Humboldt County vicinity?, 1942

Mertie West stands in front of her home holding a bouquet of flowers, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Mertie West stands in front of her home holding a bouquet of flowers. She wears a dress with a brooch on it and glasses. The porch of the house is visible with the numbers "2223" on the stairs. She stands by a small bush. There is a doormat at the base of the stairs.
Date:
May 8, 1943
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in front of her home holding a bouquet of flowers, Los Angeles, 1943

Mertie West stands in front of Frances Wells' apartment, Anchorage, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in front of Frances Wells' apartment in Anchorage, Alaska. The front of a house stands in the near distance, off-center to the left. It is viewed from the front at angle. Its lawn stretches in front and to the right of it. Two porthole windows sit to either side of the front door and a shuttered window sits directly above it. An attachment juts back from the right side of the house in the distance. Treed landscaping lines the walkway that spans the front of the house. Mertie West stands in the distance, right-of-center, on the walkway and in front of a pine. She looks to the camera. A neighboring house is visible in the background at right. A bright, white smudge hovers in front of the rightmost, second-floor window of the house. Several punch 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 stands in front of Frances Wells' apartment, Anchorage, 1946

Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West looking at charts posted in the storefront window of Pan American World Airways. A street stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center with her back to camera. She faces the shop window and looks at something posted in the window. The window extends to Mertie's right. Etched in the window it reads, "PAA The System of the Flying Clippers PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS." To Mertie's left, the front door sits back from the sidewalk. Etched into the glass of the door, it reads, "ALASKA SERVICE SEATTLE KETCHIKAN JUNEAU WHITEHORSE FAIRBANKS GALENA NOME McGRATH BETHEL." Another window and door sit to the left of that door. In the window at left, it reads, "CANADIAN PACIFIC." A doorway also stands along the right frame. An awning in the streamline moderne-style hovers over the sidewalk.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Mertie West stands by the decorated graves of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller West in Evergreen Cemetery on Decoration Day, Los Angeles, 1943

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing in Evergreen Cemetery and looking at the tomb of George M. West and Wilhelmina Lemberger West on Decoration Day. Gravestones stand in a row that stretches back towards center from the lower right corner. Mertie stands behind (or to the left) of the third gravestone back. She faces towards the left and tilts her head down slightly. On the ground in front (or to the left) of her, flowers are arranged in front of the West's gravestone. It stands solitary in the near distance at left. Gravestones and trees cover the cemetery grounds that extend into the distance.
Date:
[May 30, 1943]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands by the decorated graves of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller West in Evergreen Cemetery on Decoration Day, Los Angeles, 1943

Mertie West stands by the Buick at Emigrant Springs, Emigrant Springs State Park, 1942

Description:
Distant view of Mertie West standing next to H. H. West's Buick that is parked off the road near a grove of pines. The road passes across the foreground on a curved, upward angle from the lower right corner to the left. Off to the right side of the road at center, H. H. West's Buick is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the rear, facing slightly left. Mertie West stands to the left of the car, between the open front and suicide rear passenger doors. She looks to the camera. Behind her and the car, a grove of tall pines stands and stretches across the background.
Date:
June 27, 1942
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands by the Buick at Emigrant Springs, Emigrant Springs State Park, 1942

Mertie West stands by a rail and looks at Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing at a viewing platform and looking at Whirlpool Rapids. The platform spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle towards the left. Chain-link fencing lines the right edge of the viewing area. At center, Mertie West stands on the platform. She is viewed in profile, facing right. Mertie stands on the near side of the fence. Behind her, steps lead down to another platform closer to the river. The Niagara River flows across the mid-ground from right to left. The rapids of Whirlpool Rapids form at center. Cliffs rise from the opposite bank of the Niagara River in the background. Glare is visible in the upper right corner.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands by a rail and looks at Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, 1947

Mertie West stands between the tracks of the Canal Streetcar and in front of a Walgreen's, New Orleans, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing between the streetcar tracks that stretch along Canal Street's median in New Orleans. The streetcar tracks pass across the foreground and along the bottom edge. In the near distance at center, Mertie West stands between the tracks. She faces slightly right and looks to the camera. Behind her, Canal Street extends across the image. On the far side of Canal Street, a large Walgreen's drugstore stands at a street corner, off-center to the right. A tall, cylindrical tower rises from the left corner of the building. A rounded marquee extends outward from the tower and hovers over the sidewalk. Neon signage on the tower reads, "[W]ALGREEN DRUGS [C]IGARS COSMETICS [F]OUNTAIN LUNCH," and on the marquee it reads, "Walgreen DRUGS." "Walgreens," and "Walgreen DRUGS," signs are affixed to the Canal Street side of the building at right. At left, Baronne Street intersects Canal Street along the lower left edge and extends back, slightly towards center. The facade of Immaculate Conception Church stands down Baronne Street, along the left edge. The facade is viewed at an angle. Two Moorish towers rise from the top of the facade. The Roosevelt Hotel stands in the background at right, extending beyond the right and top frames. Long, opaque white streaks flank the image along the lower left and lower right edges.
Date:
October, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands between the tracks of the Canal Streetcar and in front of a Walgreen's, New Orleans, 1947

Mertie West stands beside the grave of Kermit Roosevelt, Fort Richardson, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing beside the grave of Kermit Roosevelt in Fort Richardson National Cemetery. Mertie West stands in the foreground at left. She faces towards the left and looks back and down at a grave marker to the right. The cross extends up from the ground and across it, it reads, "ROOSEVELT, KERMIT MAJ." Directly behind Mertie and the cross, a gravel drive stretches across the image. On the far side of the drive, crosses standing in rows extend through the cemetery grounds and into the distance.
Date:
August 25, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands beside the grave of Kermit Roosevelt, Fort Richardson, 1946

Mertie West stands beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West standing beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock. Water Street stretches across the foreground. On the far side of the street, the portico sheltering Plymouth Rock stands at center and extends beyond the top frame. It is viewed close-up from its western side. Six Doric order columns line the long sides of the rectangular structure and 4 columns line the short sides. The columns support a capping entablature. An inscription in the frieze on the near side reads, "ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS." Mertie West stands beneath the portico and between the 2 central columns on its western side. She faces camera. Plymouth Bay is barely visible 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 stands beneath the portico covering Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, 1947