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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. Photograph of Mertie West posing between 2 totem poles that stand outside a line of storefronts in Ketchikan. A road runs parallel to the bottom edge and through the foreground. Mertie West stands at center in the distance and looks to the camera. She stands up on the curb in front of the storefronts. Mertie is flanked by 2 totem poles; one on the left and one on the right. Both are fully carved. Behind Mertie and the totem poles, storefronts stretch across the image; an awning hovers over the sidewalk. Along the far left edge, a clock stands. Text from negative sleeve: 2167. Alaska Trip. Color. Ketchikan September 15, 1946. 1. Ketchikan from rail of Aleutian. 2. Totem poles at Saxman Indian Village 3. Mertie West between two Totem poles in town. 4. Mertie West and our taxi driver looking at Totems. 5. Mertie West and Totem. 6. Odd Totem. Boy has hand caught.
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