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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of passengers donning life jackets while participating in a fire safety drill aboard their ship. The camera looks down an exterior corridor of the ship. The corridor's walkway stretches from the bottom edge and directly back at a slight angle to the left. A guardrail lines the left side of the walkway. On the right side, passengers wear life preservers and stand in a row that recedes back along the corridor. They lean against the exterior of a cabin that runs the length of the walkway. The nearest passenger stands along the right edge with his back to camera and faces left. He takes a photograph. On his life jacket, it reads, "59." The ocean is visible just beyond the guardrails at far left. Text from negative sleeve: 2203. Alaska Trip. Across Gulf and Hawk Inlet Sept. 11, 1946. 1. Icy strait and fishing boat 2 ice bergs [sic] beyond boat 2. Fire drill 3. Mertie West in life preserver 4. One of the very many beacons 5.6. 7. Approaching Hawk Inlet
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2203_002 ark:/21198/zz002j2xr1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ships--American--Alaska--Juneau Life preservers Ocean travel Passengers--Alaska--Juneau
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