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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing beside the grave of Kermit Roosevelt in Fort Richardson National Cemetery. Mertie West stands in the foreground at left. She faces towards the left and looks back and down at a grave marker to the right. The cross extends up from the ground and across it, it reads, "ROOSEVELT, KERMIT MAJ." Directly behind Mertie and the cross, a gravel drive stretches across the image. On the far side of the drive, crosses standing in rows extend through the cemetery grounds and into the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 2189. Alaska Trip Eklutna and Fort Richardson cemetery Aug.25, 1946. o · 1. Ft Richardson cemetery o · 2. L to R Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West o · 3.and [handwritten:] w [end handwritten] 4. Mertie West Frances Wells and Kinsell o H.H.in [sic] in place of Kinsell on 4 o 4. Orthodox church at Ekluntna [sic] Kinsell, Frances and Mertie West o 5. Graveyard of indians [sic]. Kinsell Mertie and Frances o 6. Close up - same o · 7. Mertie West at grave of Lt Col Roosevelt o 8. Roosevelt's grave
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2189_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2thz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Alaska--Fort Richardson Cemeteries--American--Alaska--Fort Richardson National Cemetery System (U.S.) Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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