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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of a ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells conversing on the bridge of the Aleutian. A rail along the deck runs across the foreground, jutting towards the camera at center. Behind the rail, the ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells stand on the deck and converse in the near distance at center. The officer leans against the rail as he faces towards the women to the right. Mertie West and Frances Wells stand facing towards the camera, but look to the officer at left. Directly behind them, a lifeboat hangs from rigging. At left, a cabin enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. A ladder rises up along the side of the cabin at far left. Beyond the cabin, a ship's funnel extends out-of-frame. The waterway the ship sails through is visible at right. Tree-covered hills rise from the shore in the distance at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2174. Alaska Trip Valdez August 9, 1946. 1. Unloading Darigold milk to dock 2. Mertie West talking to an officer on top deck. 3. Mertie West and Frances Wells an officer on the bridge.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2174_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2qw6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ships--American--Alaska--Valdez Conversation Valdez, Port (Alaska) Ocean travel Sailors--American--Alaska--Valdez Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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