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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Close-up photograph of the coffin of Ray W. Liebholz of Yakima, Washington sitting atop a flatbed trolley in Seward, Alaska. The photograph is tilted slightly down to the right. The coffin and trolley sit at center and are viewed from the side. A man stands near the left edge with his back towards the camera. He looks towards the coffin to his right. The wood-slat exterior of a building stretches across the background. A door on the building stands at left and an open entrance at right is covered in shadow. Text from negative sleeve: 2181. Alaska Trip. Seward. Sept.7,1946. 1. Mom's Cafe 2. Seward from dock 3. Waterfall from dock 4. Sourdough Bill's luggage truck 5. Signs on the dock 6 and 7 Clove Hitch from Los Angeles 8 Clove Hitch unloading lumber 9 Remains Ray W. Liebholz Yakima Wn [scratched out:] 10 Aleutian at the dock [end scratched out]
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