Mertie West looks out from a dock in Chatham, Sitka, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Mertie West looks out from a dock in Chatham, Sitka, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 13, 1946

Date

1946-09-13

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Mertie West standing on a dock and looking along the shoreline in Chatham, near Sitka, Alaska. A dock stretches along the bottom edge in the foreground. Mertie West stands on this dock, left-of-center. Her back is towards camera as she looks into the distance. A shoreline extends from below and in front of Mertie on an upward angle towards the right. Buildings stand along the shore at left. Boats are moored in the water to the right of Mertie and along the shore. A waterway extends to the right and mountains stand in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2193. Alaska Trip. Chatham Sept.13, 1946 1. A shore settlement 2. The inlet at Chatham 3. Hauling nets to dock for drying 4. Natives have souvenirs for sale 5. Beach below Chatham dock 6. Point below dock at low tide 7. Dock at Chatham 8. [handwritten:] SAME AS NO 4 - SOUVENIRS [end handwritten]

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--Sitka

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Boats--American--Alaska--Sitka
Piers & wharves--Alaska--Sitka
Chatham Strait (Alaska)