Names: West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Date:: September 8, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Date:: June 29, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white.
Date:: June 29, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of Mertie West seated at the base of the Washington Monument with other tourists. She is in the center of the group in a dark suit and hat.
Date:: October 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: View of Mertie West alone on a plaza, with the dome of the Capitol visible in the distance during a sight seeing visit to Washington, D.C.
Date:: October 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph, from left to right, of Frances Cline Greene, Frances West Wells and Mertie West posing outside of the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot before Frances Wells leaves for Anchorage. The 3 women stand in a row in the near distance, left-of-center. All look to the camera. Frances Wells stands at center, laden with a heavy coat and travel accessories. Behind Frances Greene, a decorative lamppost stands. At right, behind Mertie, a sign stands in the distance in front of a parking lot. The sign reads, "[...]ENDALE."
Date:: June 28, 1944
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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

Description:: Photograph of Mertie West looking down onto the S. S. Del Norte from the S. S. President while both ships are moored at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans. A deck of the S. S. President arcs across the foreground. Its perimeter is lined by a guardrail with lattice-work. Mertie West stands, just-left-of-center on the near side of the guardrail. Her back faces camera as she looks down towards the S. S. Del Norte. The S. S. Del Norte is docked at the wharf, below and to the right of Mertie. It is visible between the fencing of the S. S. President. A tarp covers the near portion of the stern. Beyond the tarp, masts, rigging and cabins rise from the ship's top deck. At right, a warehouse standing on the wharf enters frame from right and extends back towards center, disappearing behind the Del Norte. Signage on the building reads, "[PO]YDRAS STREET WHARF DIV. [4] UP DIV. 5 DOWN." The Mississippi River flows to the left of the ships and into the distance. Large patches of white light 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

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

Description:: View of Mertie West on a street in Washington, D.C. with a truck on the left and a street car on the right.
Date:: October 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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