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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the boat, "Yukon Bell" sitting in the Yukon River, moored to the bank. The rock- and log-strewn bank stretches through the foreground on an upward angle from the lower left corner to the right. The Yukon River extends from the left side of the bank and into the distance. Along the bank, left-of-center, the boat "Yukon Bell" floats in the water. A rope tethers it to the bank at right. The boat is viewed at a slightly elevated angle from the side. The front of the boat faces right. A horizontal bar with attached fish hooks stretches through the center line of the boat. "YUKON BELL," is printed along the starboard side of the boat. The Yukon River and surrounding landscape stretch into the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2190. Alaska Trip Circle on Yukon Aug.20,1946. · 1. Some of the buildings · 2. Same with Yukon River · 3. Same with Mertie West in center · 4. Northern Commercial Co store and our bus · 5. Yukon, with Mertie West in center [handwritten:] X · [end handwritten] 6. Only boat on the river "Yukon Belle" · 7. H.H.West becomes a Sourdough by spitting in the Yukon [handwritten and circled:] 7 [end handwritten and circled]
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2190_001 ark:/21198/zz002j2trk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) Boats--American--Alaska--Circle
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