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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a trailer and car sitting atop a flatbed railroad car in a railroad yard in Anchorage. The trailer and car sit hitched together and elevated in the near distance at center. They are viewed from the side and face right as they sit atop a flatbed train car. In front of the flatbed, railroad ties sit piled on the ground. A tractor sits on a flatbed car to the right of the car and trailer. An Alaska Railroad boxcar stands behind the car and trailer and is viewed from the side. Markings on the left side of the boxcar read, "ALASKA RAILROAD 1226 CAPT 50000 LB LMT 93100 [??] WT 37600." Text from negative sleeve: 2158. Alaska Trip. Anchorage, August 24, 1946. 1.Sterling and Mertie West. 2 and 3. Trailer on flat car at yards. [handwritten text:] 4 [end handwritten text] [crossed out:] 3. [end crossed out] View from Frances Wells apartment out over Cook Inlet. [handwritten text:] 5 [end handwritten text] [crossed out:] 4. [end crossed out] Half of Liberty Ship out in water furnishing light to Anchorage. crushed rock plant at left. [handwritten text:] 6 [end handwritten] [crossed out:] 5. [end crossed out] Trailer in rear of store.
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