Fishing boat sailing through a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Fishing boat sailing through a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 11, 1946

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a fishing boat sailing through a channel near Juneau. The photograph tilts downward to the right. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. A wide waterway extends from the foreground and into the distance. It meets a shoreline that bisects the image on an upward angle from right to left. In the near distance, a fishing boat sails through the channel, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the side as it travels towards the right. Seagulls flock around the boat. The boat's wake ripples behind it at left. Beyond the boat, a couple of small islands stand in the distance. Mountains rise across the shoreline in the background. Clouds obscure the distant mountains at left and center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2203. Alaska Trip. Across Gulf and Hawk Inlet Sept. 11, 1946. 1. Icy strait and fishing boat 2 ice bergs [sic] beyond boat 2. Fire drill 3. Mertie West in life preserver 4. One of the very many beacons 5.6. 7. Approaching Hawk Inlet

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Channels--Alaska--Juneau
Fishing boats--Alaska--Juneau
Ocean travel

Location

Alaska--Juneau

Resource type

still image