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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of seaplanes landing and taking off in the Gastineau Channel, as viewed from the West's ship in Juneau, Alaska. The landscape is viewed from an elevated perspective. Gastineau Channel spans the width of the image along the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. A seaplane appears to ready for take-off in the near distance, left-of-center. To the right of it, a seaplane floats atop the water; it appears to have just landed. Along the right side of the channel, the Juneau shoreline stretches along the lower right edge and juts towards center behind the planes. In the far distance, mountains rise from Douglas Island. 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.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2206_005 ark:/21198/zz002j2zdb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Seaplanes--American--Alaska--Juneau Marines (Visual works) Douglas Island (Alaska) Gastineau Channel (Alaska)
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