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Title
Panorama of the Alaskan terrain near Fort Mears (negative), Dutch Harbor, 1942
Contributor
West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
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.
The corresponding photographic print (Item Ark: 21198/zz002j28k8) of this negative is flipped and printed as a mirror image along the side edge.
Panoramic photograph of the Alaskan terrain from somewhere behind Fort Mears in Dutch Harbor. A wide patch of dirt extends across the bottom edge of the image in the foreground. Beyond it, a valley stretches from the center of the image and into the distance. Hillsides covered in patches of snow rise from either side of the valley towards the left and right edges of the image. Beyond the valley, snow-covered mountains stand in the distance at center.
Text from negative sleeve: 2018. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor June 1943. 1. A panorama photo of the terrain back of Fort Mears, Dutch Harbor. 2. A creek in the valley. Taken late 1942
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2018_002
ark:/21198/zz002j28jr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Landscapes (Representations)
Snow--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Valleys--Alaska
Panoramic views
Mountains--Alaska
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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