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Title
H. H. West, Jr. kneels and poses in front of his barracks at Fort Mears (negative), Dutch Harbor, 1942
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
[Autumn, 1942]
1942
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A close-up photograph of H. H. West, Jr. kneeling in front of his barracks while stationed at Fort Mears in Dutch Harbor during World War II. H. H. West, Jr. kneels at center on top of a wood slat landing in front of his barracks. He poses facing left, but turns his head to look to the camera. Behind him, the dutch door of the Quonset hut stands closed.
Text from negative sleeve: 2016. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor June 1943. H. H. West Jr taken in front of his Qunset [sic] hut Fort Mears Dutch Harbor Alaska fall of 1942
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2016_001
ark:/21198/zz002j2894
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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