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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life preserver during a ship safety drill. Mertie West stands at center, wearing a life jacket, and faces left. The covered deck she stands upon stretches behind her on an upward angle from left to right. A guardrail lines the far side of the walkway. Two other passengers stand along the rail at far right, behind Mertie. Behind the 2 other passengers, a jet of water streams from the ship and arcs out to the ocean. The ocean stretches into distance. 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
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2203_003 ark:/21198/zz002j2xsj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ships--American--Alaska--Juneau Life preservers Ocean travel Passengers--Alaska--Juneau West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
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