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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph looking over the wharf in Cordova, Alaska. Docks weave from the foreground at left and back towards left and center. One appears to be under construction at left. Buildings stand atop the piers. A large warehouse-like building stands in the distance at center and extends beyond the left frame. Boats sit moored in the harbor's waters at right and center. Beyond the harbor, Orca Inlet stretches into the distance at right. Seagulls flock near the bottom frame and sit atop piers and buildings throughout the image. Text from negative sleeve: 2196. Alaska Trip. Cordova Aug.8,1946 1. L to R Mertie West, Mrs Coghill, Mr Coghill, Cowgill 2. L to R Mrs Jones, Mertie West, Frances Wells, Mrs Ray Wolfe, Honor Kempton [handwritten check mark (end of 2)] 3. Frances Wells, Mrs Wolfe, Mertie West & Honor Kempton window shopping [handwritten check mark (end of 3)] 4. Along wharf at Cordova [handwritten check mark (end of 4)] 5. L to R Honor Kempton, Frances Wells, Mertie West nets drying [handwritten check mark (end of 5)] 6. Mertie West at Cordova Postoffice [sic] [handwritten check mark (end of 6)] 7. Mertie West and Martie Samuelson [handwritten check mark (end of 7)] 8. Cannery worker Bob Babbio of 1171 North Westmoreland Los A. [handwritten check mark (end of 8)]
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