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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of W. L. Kinsell, Frances Wells and Mertie West standing in front of the Old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Eklutna Historical Park. Overgrown grasses grow across the foreground. Mertie West stands in the near distance, right-of-center, among the grasses and smiles to the camera. Behind and to the left of her stand W. L. Kinsell and Frances Wells. Frances faces slightly left and looks downward. W. L. Kinsell faces slightly right. The church stands, left-of-center, behind the group. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. It is of log construction. A small bell tower sits atop the front entrance to the church. Silhouetted mountains are visible in the background. 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_008 ark:/21198/zz002j2tq2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Orthodox churches--Alaska--Eklutna Cemeteries--American--Alaska--Eklutna Kinsell, William Leonard, $ 1877-1962 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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