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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West walking along a road in Whittier, Alaska towards the Whittier depot. A dirt road stretches through the middle of the image on an upward angle from the lower left corner towards the right. Its shoulder runs alongside it at right. In the shoulder at right, Mertie West walks away from camera in the near distance. A ditch runs alongside the shoulder at far right. Ahead of Mertie, a couple of people also walk away from the camera and down the road. Along the left side of the road, elevated train tracks run parallel to the road. A train is visible sitting on the far end of the tracks, right-of-center. To the right of the train, a structure stands at the end of the road. Snow-covered mountains rise across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2180. Alaska Trip. Whittier trip Sept.2,1946 1. Turnagain arm 2. Girdwood from train 3. Road to Whittier from Junction 4. Same. 5. Mertie West walking toward Whittier depot 6. Broken down quonset [sic] huts 7. Automobile powered special train.
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