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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. An out-of-focus photograph of 2 women browsing the goods being sold by a Native American woman on a dock at Chatham near Sitka, Alaska. The dock extends from the foreground and back into the distance on an angle from right to left. A building stands along the right side of the dock and stretches into the distance at center. In front of the building, a Native American woman stands in the near distance, right-of-center. She faces to the left. In front of her, items she has for sale lie on the ground. Two women in long coats stand at center with their backs to the camera and look at the items for sale. Behind the trio, an awning stretches over a portion of the dock and across the image from right to left. Mountains are visible beyond the far end of the dock at left. Text from negative sleeve: 2193. Alaska Trip. Chatham Sept.13, 1946 1. A shore settlement 2. The inlet at Chatham 3. Hauling nets to dock for drying 4. Natives have souvenirs for sale 5. Beach below Chatham dock 6. Point below dock at low tide 7. Dock at Chatham 8. [handwritten:] SAME AS NO 4 - SOUVENIRS [end handwritten]
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2193_004 ark:/21198/zz002j2vbv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sightseers--Alaska--Sitka Indigenous peoples--Alaska Street vendors--Alaska--Sitka
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