Mertie West and others walk around the buildings in Circle, Circle, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West and others walk around the buildings in Circle, Circle, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 20, 1946

Date

1946-08-20

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West (center) and others strolling through the town of Circle, Alaska. Overgrown grasses in the foreground at left line a dirt and gravel road that enters frame at right. Mertie West walks along this road in the distance, right-of-center. One man stands behind and to the left of Mertie. Three other people stand in the overgrown grasses that line the right side of the road. Beyond them, 2 log buildings stand in a line that recedes into the distance. The taller of the two buildings stands nearer to camera along the right edge. Both buildings are viewed at an angle and face left. The Yukon River flows horizontally across the image in the background, disappearing behind the log buildings at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2190. Alaska Trip Circle on Yukon Aug.20,1946. · 1. Some of the buildings · 2. Same with Yukon River · 3. Same with Mertie West in center · 4. Northern Commercial Co store and our bus · 5. Yukon, with Mertie West in center [handwritten:] X · [end handwritten] 6. Only boat on the river "Yukon Belle" · 7. H.H.West becomes a Sourdough by spitting in the Yukon [handwritten and circled:] 7 [end handwritten and circled]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Alaska--Circle

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Log buildings--Alaska--Circle
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Abandoned buildings--Alaska--Circle
Cities & towns--Alaska