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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West (left) posing with another bus passenger outside the Northern Commercial Company store in Circle. The women stand on a sidewalk in the near distance at center and look to the camera. A Visi Bowl gasoline pump stands on the corner of the sidewalk to the right of them. To the left, the corner of the store stands and is viewed close-up. An elevated wood-plank walkway runs alongside the building and meets the sidewalk where the women stand. Behind the women, their bus (partial view) is parked in front of the building. It is viewed at an angle from the side and the rear. Written on the side of the bus is, "[OH]ARRA BUS LIN[E...]." A dirt road runs alongside the bus at right and a log building (partial view) stands in the background at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2165. Alaska Trip. Circle on Yukon Aug.20, 1946. · 1. The old Hotel. Now a warehouse. · 2. Some nice cabbages with Yukon river in background. · 3. Couple Indian boys. · 4. The Yukon. Old buildings are fading out. · 5. Mertie West and another passenger at the Northern Commercial Co store · 6. The popular rest room at the end of the clothes line. · 7. The decay of Circle. An old abandoned cabin. [handwritten:] 3 [end handwritten]
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