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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West leaning over a ship's rail and looking at a gold mining building standing near the Juneau shoreline. The rail and side of the ship stretches back along the left edge in the foreground. Mertie West leans over the rail with her back to camera as she looks towards the mine. The waters of the Gastineau Channel extend from the boat and to the right. In the distance, the shoreline stretches across the image. Left-of-center and slightly up a hill, a large, gold mine building is built into the side of the hill. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The building is tiered up the hillside. Long, narrow passageways stretch from the uppermost level and out to each side. The tree-covered hill it sits upon rises behind it. Text from negative sleeve: 2206. Alaska Trip Juneau, Sept.12, 1946. 1. Young Merchant Marine dead drunk being helped up the gangplank 2. Mertie West looking over rail at Big Gold Mine on side of hill 3. The Big Mine. 4. Looking across the straight [sic] from our boat. 5. Seaplanes arriving and leaving at rear of our boat 6. Alaska Cold Storage Co. from boat 7. Narrow street and long flight of steps up the hill. 8. Mertie West studying the Airplane chart.
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