Photograph of seaplanes landing and taking off in the Gastineau Channel, 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 back to the left. A seaplane appears to ready for take-off in the near distance, left-of-center. To the right of it, a seaplane floats atop the water; it appears to have just landed. Along the right side of the channel, the Juneau shoreline stretches along the lower right edge and juts towards center behind the planes. In the far distance, mountains rise from Douglas Island.
Photograph of Juneau, taken from a ship sailing through the Gastineau Channel as the ship approaches Juneau. The Juneau waterfront stretches across the image in the distance. A ship (partial view) occupies the lower left corner of the image. The camera faces towards the ship's bow. Rigging stretches vertically from the deck's rail. To the right of the ship, Gastineau Channel extends across the image. Beyond the ship, the buildings of Juneau sit atop piers and a hillside. Snow covers the mountains that rise in the far distance.
Photograph of the Juneau waterfront, as viewed at a distance from the Gastineau Channel. The channel stretches across the foreground and into the distance. Juneau's shoreline enters frame in the distance at right and stretches back to the left. Buildings and docks are clustered together at far right and center. A few boats are visible in the water. Trees line the background. A streak of white twists in the middle of the image.
Photograph of a large, gold mine building standing on a hillside in Juneau, Alaska. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the left. A sliver of a ship is visible in the lower right corner. Rigging stretches from it and up towards center. Beyond the boat, the waters of Gastineau Channel stretch across the mid-ground. It is lined by Juneau's shore. Wharfs and buildings stand across the shore. Steam or smoke billows at far right. At center and up a slope, a large, gold mine building is built into the side of the hill. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The building is tiered up the hillside. Long, narrow passageways stretch from the uppermost level and out wide to each side. The tree-covered hill it sits upon rises behind it.
Photograph of Mertie West leaning over a ship's rail and looking at a gold mining building standing near the Juneau shoreline. The rail and side of the ship stretches back along the left edge in the foreground. Mertie West leans over the rail with her back to camera as she looks towards the mine. The waters of the Gastineau Channel extend from the boat and to the right. In the distance, the shoreline stretches across the image. Left-of-center and slightly up a hill, a large, gold mine building is built into the side of the hill. It is viewed at an angle from the front. The building is tiered up the hillside. Long, narrow passageways stretch from the uppermost level and out to each side. The tree-covered hill it sits upon rises behind it.
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.
