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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Mertie West standing outside the front of the Kinsell's home in Anchorage. The single-story house stands in the near distance at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and extends beyond the frame at right. The front door is at center and sits recessed back. Windows are situated wide to either side of the door. An attached garage at right extends out-of-frame. Mertie West stands at the foot of the front steps at center. She faces the camera, but looks to the right. A large, white streak swoops down from the upper edge. Several punched holes line both the top and bottom edges. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. Text from negative sleeve: 2221. Color. Alaska Trip. Anchorage Aug.10, 1946. 1. House, vegetation, big dog and [handwritten check mark] children at a wading pool below bluff near Frances Wells [sic] Apts. 2. Mertie West in front of Kinsells [sic] [handwritten check mark] home 3. Cabbages in yard near Kinsell's [handwritten check mark] 4. An old time Anchorage home [handwritten check mark] 5. Mertie West picking a dish of raspberries in rear of Kinsell's home for breakfast [handwritten check mark] 6. A cottage and flowers [handwritten check mark]
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