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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West walking in front of a bus during a stop at Paxson Lodge in Paxson, Alaska. A dirt road stretches across the foreground. In the near distance, Paxson Lodge stands at center. It is viewed from the front. Signs on the building read, "PAXSON LODGE. GOOD FISHING. [BI]G GAME HUNTING.," and, "PAXSON LIQUOR STORE." Mertie West is at center and walks towards the camera. Behind and to the left of her, a bus is parked. It enters frame at left and is viewed at angle from the side, facing right. The passenger door to the bus stands open. Over the windows of the bus, it reads, "[...]RA BUS LINES." Two men walk towards the store behind and to the right of Mertie. The man wearing flannel turns his head towards the camera. A brush-covered hillside rises across the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2187. Alaska Trip. Fairbanks to Gulkana. August 22, 1946. · 1 Mertie West and bus at Paxson Lodge · 2. Toilets at Paxson Lodge · 3. Rapids Hunting Lodge · 4. Big Delta where Alcan highway leaves the highway · 5. Shaw's Creek Lodge. Mertie West · 6. Same · 7. Same. · 8. General view of Shaw's Creek Lodge
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2187_007 ark:/21198/zz002j2t5s
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bus travel--Alaska--Gulkana Lodges--Alaska--Gulkana Buses--American--Alaska--Gulkana Rest stops--Alaska--Gulkana West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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