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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. West spitting into the Yukon River while standing on the riverbank. H. H. West stands in the foreground at center. He stands along the very edge of the rocky bank and leans over to the right to spit into the Yukon River. The bank extends vertically through the image behind and to the left of H. H. The Yukon River stretches wide across the image at center and right. It flows into the distance on a slight arc to the left. 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_006 ark:/21198/zz002j2tx5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) Bodily functions West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
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