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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West posing beside a deteriorating beacon in Metlakatla, Alaska. H. H. West stands in the distance at center and looks to the camera. To the right of him, the beacon stands. A light sits atop the point of the steeple-like structure. Overgrown grasses and brush surround the beacon. A waterway stretches behind H. H. and the beacon. The distant shore is visible in the far distance beyond the cloud cover. Text from negative sleeve: 2183. Alaska Trip. Metlakatla Sept.16,1946. 1.H.H.West at the beacon 2. Mertie West going up gang plank 3. Aleutian at the dock 4. L to R: Mrs and Mr Lindberry Mertie West on beach 5. Mrs and Mr Lindberry and Mertie W. on cemetery road 6. The streets 7. Council Chamber, Mertie West at R. 8. The school. Mertie West with wife Presbyterian Minister on walk
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2183_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2sff
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beacons--Alaska--Metlakatla West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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