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Mertie West exits a restroom at Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West, taken as she exits the women's restroom at Lake Mead. Mertie is at center and adjusts her eyeglasses as she steps down to exit the restroom. The restroom extends to her right and is supported atop railway ties. It is made of wood and has a low-pitched roof, with 3 sets of double support beams, extends around the building. On the underside of the roof at right, wiring runs along the side of the structure. Multiple cars are parked in the near distance at left and a desert landscape with mountains 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 exits a restroom at Lake Mead, Boulder City vicinity, 1939

Pinkie Lemberger, Mertie Whitaker and Nella West hold onto their hats while standing on a pier, Santa Monica, about 1900

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Ellen Lorene "Pinkie" Lemberger, Mertie Whitaker and Nella West standing on a pier at Santa Monica's North Beach while holding onto their hats. The pier spans the foreground and stretches back on an upward angle from the lower right corner towards the left. The women stand in a semi-circle on the pier, left-of-center. Pinkie Lemberger stands at left and faces towards the right. She places a hand to her hat. Mertie Whitaker stands at center and further back from the camera. She smiles to the camera as she places both hands behind her head. At right, Nella West stands in profile, facing left. She too raises a hand to her hat. The beach on the south side of the pier sprawls behind them in the distance at right. Nearest to camera, ocean waves roll onto the shore. The beach stretches horizontally across the image at right. Sitting back from the water at right, the Arcadia Hotel stands.
Date:
[circa 1900]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Pinkie Lemberger, Mertie Whitaker and Nella West hold onto their hats while standing on a pier, Santa Monica, about 1900

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 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 feeds ducks at a lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1947

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West standing along the bank of a lake in Stanley Park and feeding ducks. Mertie West stands in the near distance at right. The bank she stands upon arcs back from the bottom edge and to the right. Mertie stands near the bank's edge, in profile and facing left. She holds a bag in the crook of her elbow. Ahead of her, the lake expands through the image. A dozen or so ducks cluster together in the water, just in front of Mertie. Boats sail the lake in the distance at center. The opposite bank lines the background and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
July 1, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West feeds ducks at a lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver, 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 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 poses beside a Westcraft Trailer, Circle vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing in front of a Westcraft Trailer at Circle Hot Springs. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center and looks to the camera. Behind her stands a two-tone Westcraft Trailer, viewed from the side. Its front end is at left and is unhitched. To the right of the trailer, a wooden building stands in partial view along the right edge. Behind the trailer, a log building stands. It extends back to the left. A car is parked along the left side of the building and faces camera. Mountains are visible in the far 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 beside a Westcraft Trailer, Circle vicinity, 1946

Double-exposure of H. H. West and Mertie West posing at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, 1947

Description:
A double-exposed and blurry photograph, from left to right, of H. H. West and Mertie West posing in front of a pool at Badwater Basin. The couple stands at center and appear to look to the camera. Their figures are blurred. Behind them, a pool of water sits in the basin and extends to the right, out-of-frame. Beyond the pool, salt flats stretch into the distance. Mountains rise in the background at left.
Date:
March, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Double-exposure of H. H. West and Mertie West posing at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, 1947