Porcupine wandering through the grass, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Porcupine wandering through the grass, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 17, 1946

Date

1946-08-17

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a porcupine wandering through the grasses in Denali National Park and Preserve. Grasses span the entirety of the image. Camouflaged among the grasses is a porcupine. It stands just right-of-center. Small patches of snow dot the grass near the right frame.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2161. Alaska Trip. Camp Eilsen [sic] Aug.17,1946 1. 21 sheep on side of mountain. 2. Our bus at summit of pass and our road. 3. Some of the scenery. 4. Mertie West looks for Mt McKinley 5. The porcupine we chased up. 6. Doc Beaver and the bus driver Mertie West on bridge. Here is where you could see fish in the stre [sic] 7. A bear feeding on the flat, right center. 8. Same. 9. Doc Beaver gets the porcupine.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Alaska--Denali National Park and Preserve

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Porcupines--Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)