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Title: H. H. West, Jr. kneels and poses in front of his barracks at Fort Mears (photo, recto), 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: 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 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_002i
ark:/21198/zz002j28bn
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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