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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the West's bus traveling along a road at the summit of a pass through Denali National Park and Preserve. The bus sits in the near distance, left-of-center, on the road. It is viewed from the rear. The number "15" is on the back of the bus and its license plate reads, "[...?] I916." The gravel road stretches from the bottom edge at left and back towards the distance. Past the bus, the road curves to the left and out-of-frame. To the right of the road, rolling hills extend to the right. In the far distance, snow-covered mountains stand across the background. 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_006 ark:/21198/zz002j2nqn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Passes (Landforms)--Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska) Buses--American--Alaska--Denali National Park and Preserve Mountains--Alaska
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