Gastineau Channel, a boat and Douglas Island, viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Gastineau Channel, a boat and Douglas Island, viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

September 12, 1946

Date

1946-09-12

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the Gastineau Channel, a boat sailing the channel and Douglas Island, as viewed from the West's ship in Juneau, Alaska. The landscape is viewed from an elevated perspective. Gastineau Channel spans the width of the image along the bottom edge and stretches into the distance. A large boat sails the channel in the near distance at center. The "FAIRWEATHER" is viewed from the side and sails towards the right. It carries about a couple dozen people. A small boat follows behind it at left. Further into the channel at right, the Juneau shoreline juts into the water. In the far distance, mountains rise from Douglas Island and West Juneau lines island's shore at left.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2206. Alaska Trip Juneau, Sept.12, 1946. 1. Young Merchant Marine dead drunk being helped up the gangplank 2. Mertie West looking over rail at Big Gold Mine on side of hill 3. The Big Mine. 4. Looking across the straight [sic] from our boat. 5. Seaplanes arriving and leaving at rear of our boat 6. Alaska Cold Storage Co. from boat 7. Narrow street and long flight of steps up the hill. 8. Mertie West studying the Airplane chart.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Alaska--Juneau

Longitude

58.297629

Latitude

-134.407593

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Boats--American--Alaska--Juneau
Douglas Island (Alaska)
Gastineau Channel (Alaska)