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Title: Corporal H. H. West, Jr. stands outside the Quonset hut at Fort Mears (photo, recto), Dutch Harbor, 1942
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942
[Autumn, 1942]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A poorly developed photograph of Corporal H. H. West, Jr. standing in front of the Quonset hut while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The image appears to be tilted slightly. In the foreground, snow covers the ground in front of the hut. H. H. West, Jr. stands at center and faces slightly left. He rests his hands in his pockets as he gazes off towards the left. The front of the hut stands directly behind him. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arched roof. Power lines extend from the building and out-of-frame along the top edge.
Text from negative sleeve: 2015. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor June 1943. L to R: Corporal H.H.West, Jr. Taken in front of Quinset [sic] hut Fort Mears, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, fall of 1942.
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_2015_002i
ark:/21198/zz002j2873
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Military personnel--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Quonset huts--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Barracks--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears (Alaska)
West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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