Assistant Purser posing on the wharf, Valdez, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Assistant Purser posing on the wharf, Valdez, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 9, 1946

Date

1946-08-09

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

An out-of-focus photograph of the Assistant Purser from the West's ship posing on a wharf in Valdez. He dons his uniform as he stands in the near distance and looks to camera. The pier beneath him appears to stretch on an upward angle from lower right to left. A body of water extends across the image beyond the pier. From the far shore, a mountain rises in the distance at right. The photograph appears to be damaged. A cluster of white lines bisect the image on a large diagonal across the lower left corner.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2197. Alaska Trip. Valdez Aug.9, 1946. 1. L to R Mrs Jones Mertie West H H West Honor Kempton 2. L to R Honor Kempton Ray Wolfe Mrs H H West 3. Mr and Mrs Robert Jones 4. L to R Robt Jones, Ray Wolfe 5. Assistant Purser 6. Mertie West on the dock 7. Looking toward dock from up town 8. L to R Unknown man Mr and Mrs Jones

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Alaska--Valdez

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Piers & wharves--Alaska--Valdez
Sailors--American--Alaska--Valdez