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Title
Porcupine wandering through the grass, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
August 17, 1946
1946-08-17
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.
Photograph of a porcupine wandering through the grasses in Denali National Park and Preserve. Grasses span the entirety of the image. Camouflaged among the grasses is a porcupine. It stands just right-of-center. Small patches of snow dot the grass near the right frame.
Text from negative sleeve: 2161. Alaska Trip. Camp Eilsen [sic] Aug.17,1946 1. 21 sheep on side of mountain. 2. Our bus at summit of pass and our road. 3. Some of the scenery. 4. Mertie West looks for Mt McKinley 5. The porcupine we chased up. 6. Doc Beaver and the bus driver Mertie West on bridge. Here is where you could see fish in the stre [sic] 7. A bear feeding on the flat, right center. 8. Same. 9. Doc Beaver gets the porcupine.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2161_001
ark:/21198/zz002j2nj2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Porcupines--Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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