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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of houses lining the back of the wharf in Metlakatla, Alaska. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. About a dozen houses stand atop a low cliff that stretches across the background and into the distance. At the base of the cliff, a low stone wall lines the back end of a narrow beach. Water extends from the foreground and back to the beach at left and center. In the near distance at right, a warehouse-like building stands atop an elevated pier. In front of it, another building stands in partial in the lower right corner. At center, a fishing boat (partial view) enters frame from the bottom edge. Its bow faces towards the back of the image. Text from negative sleeve: 2205. Alaska Trip. Metlaklata [sic] Sept.16, 1946. 1. Docking 2. Warehouse on dock 3. Houses back of the wharf 4. at the docks 5. Center man is Captain H. Burns of the Aleutian 6. L to R Mertie West and 2 passrs [sic] 7. L to R Mr and Mrs Loyd Lindberry Mertie West
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