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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. wearing his field clothing and posing outside of his quarters while stationed at Fort Mears in Dutch Harbor. A wood plank walkway extends from the left and towards H. H. West, Jr. in the near distance at center. He wears rubber boots, a jumpsuit and hat as he looks to the camera and places his hands in his pockets. The walkway extends back behind him and towards the door of the barracks. The Quonset hut-style barracks stands off-center to the right and is viewed from the front. A Dutch door in the center of the building stands partially open and is flanked by a window on either side. A number plate on the right window's frame reads, "24." Text from negative sleeve: 2024. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor Alaska June 1943. 1. H.H.West Jr in field clothing in front of Quinset [sic] hut his quarters Fort Mears, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Spring of 1943. 2. Group in front of above. H.H.West Jr standing at extreme right. [handwritten:] 3. Same as no 1 except close up 3 [end handwritten] films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2024_003 ark:/21198/zz002j28zz
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
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