Fellow serviceman of H. H. West, Jr. poses with a rifle outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943
Item Overview
- Title
- Fellow serviceman of H. H. West, Jr. poses with a rifle outside the barracks, Dutch Harbor, 1943
- Photographer
- West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
- Date Created
- June, 1943
- Date
- 1943-06
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- West (H. H.) Collection
Notes
- Description
- Photograph of a companion of H. H. West, Jr. standing on a patch of snow and posing with a rifle outside the barracks while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. The young man stands at center. He is dressed in his military uniform and takes an athletic stance while posing which his rifle. He holds it at the ready and looks towards the right. He stands on a patch of snow that covers the ground around him and extends back into the image. Behind and to the right of the serviceman, the side of a Quonset hut stretches across the image. It enters frame at right. It is constructed of corrugated sheet metal and has an arced roof. A low hill covered in patches of snow stands in the distance at left.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs - Location
- Alaska--Dutch Harbor
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Military personnel--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Firearms
Quonset huts--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Barracks--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears (Alaska)
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1998_2007_002
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hvpbb
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.