PFC H. H. West, Jr. stands in the snow near camp, Attu Island, 1944

Item Overview

Title

PFC H. H. West, Jr. stands in the snow near camp, Attu Island, 1944

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

April, 1944

Date

1944-04

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of H. H. West, Jr. taking a break while standing in the snow at camp on Attu Island. H. H. West, Jr. stands in the snow at center and dons goggles that sit atop his head. He gazes off towards the left. H. H., Jr. holds a cigarette in one hand and rests his other hand in his pocket. The snowy landscape stretches into the distance. A building in the near distance enters frame at left. Another structure stands in the distance to the right of H. H., Jr. Snow-covered mountains rise in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Aleutians, April 1944. PFC Henry H. West, Jr., ASN 19028528, Quartermaster Detachment, A.P.O.#726, Care Postmaster, Seattle, Washington. Films sent to H.H.West by Hebard Undoubtedly taken at Attu Island. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

Alaska--Attu Island

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Snow--Alaska--Attu Island
Military personnel--American--Alaska--Attu Island
Military camps--American--Alaska--Attu Island
Mountains--Alaska