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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the front exterior of H. H. West, Jr.'s quarters at Fort Mears, viewed straight on and looking into the interior. The Quonset hut is viewed at a tilted angle from the front. The door to the barracks stands open at center. Beds lining the left and right sides are barely visible inside the structure; the interior is covered in shadow. A window sits on either side of the door. On the window frame at right, a number plate reads, "24." Large piles of snow abut the front of the Quonset hut on both the left and right sides of the door. Text from negative sleeve: 2019. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 1943. Two close ups of the entrance and interior of the Quinset [sic] hut occupised [sic] by H.H.West Jr Winter of 1942-43 2 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2019_002 ark:/21198/zz002j28pt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Quonset huts--Alaska--Dutch Harbor Snow--Alaska--Dutch Harbor Barracks--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor Fort Mears (Alaska)
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