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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of military facilities sitting at the base of a snowy mountainside on Attu Island. Snow-covered ground stretches across the foreground and throughout the landscape. A small hut stands in the distance at left. Someone stands in front of it. Another person stands in the snow, to the right of the hut. Beyond them, a Quonset hut stands at center. Another Quonset hut appears to stand further up the mountainside, left-of-center. The snow-covered mountainside rises up from left to right, extending out-of-frame. Text from negative sleeve: Aleutians, April 1944. PFC Henry H. West, Jr., ASN 19028528, Quartermaster Detachment, A.P.O.#726, Care Postmaster, Seattle, Washington. Films sent to H.H.West by Hebard Undoubtedly taken at Attu Island. 3 films
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2093_001 ark:/21198/zz002j2f4z
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Snow--Alaska--Attu Island Military camps--American--Alaska--Attu Island Mountains--Alaska Landscapes (Representations)
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