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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and another ship passenger conversing with one another while standing on a sidewalk in Anchorage. The 2 women stand at center. Mertie West stands leftmost with her back to the camera. The unknown woman stands in profile, facing left, towards Mertie. A sidewalk passes beneath them and back on an angle from right to left. To the right of the sidewalk, a wide dirt road stretches through the image. Beyond Mertie and the other woman, a man walks down the sidewalk and towards camera. Cars are visible on the street at far left and lining the opposite side of the street in the distance. A building stands in partial view on the far side of the street. Mountains can be seen in the far distance. A short horizontal streak of white stretches between Mertie and the other woman. Several punched holes line the right edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2230. Color. Anchorage Alaska Trip Aug.26, 1946. 1. Mertie West picking berries at Simeon Oliver's place. 2. Mertie West talking with a lady who came up on boat with us
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