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Passengers stand on the decks of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers standing on ship decks as they travel aboard the S. S. Catalina Island. In the foreground at left, a man's head is in partial view along the bottom edge. Behind him, a set of stairs ascends to a higher deck. A girl holds onto the handrail as she descends the steps. Behind her, about a couple dozen passengers stand behind the deck's rail and face towards the camera. Above and behind them, the bridge's deck stretches across the image. Both decks are in partial view; they enter frame from the left and extend just past center at right. Several passengers stand on a lower deck at right. Beyond them, a harbor is visible in the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers stand on the decks of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Avalon Bay, viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Avalon Bay, as viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina. Passengers on the ferry stand in the foreground as they cluster together on a deck to view their approach. They stand with their backs to the camera and in a rough line that extends back to the left. Beyond them, Avalon Bay sits at right and stretches to the left. Several boats are visible in the water. Catalina Island and Avalon occupy the distant shoreline. Catalina Casino stands in the distance along the right edge.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Avalon Bay, viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Steerage passengers stand on the bow of the ship, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of steerage passengers standing on the bow of a ship. Ship equipment occupies the foreground. Rope sits coiled on the deck at right and large machinery sits on the deck at left. Rigging lines crisscross over the deck and 2 masts hover over the deck at center. A sailor, left-of-center, sits atop the equipment with his back to the camera. Behind and to the left of him, a button-down shirt hangs from a hook. A couple men stand on the deck at center, behind the sailor. Several others stand along the bow's rails. Four stand at starboard and more stand in the background at center, looking over the bow.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Steerage passengers stand on the bow of the ship, Alaska en route, 1946

Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West posing on the top deck of a ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. Mertie West stands at center and looks to the camera. In front of her, a hand crank juts into the foreground from the right. The deck floor that Mertie stands upon extends on an upward angle from left to right. Behind Mertie, an upper deck cabin stands. A door sits behind and to the right of Mertie. Single portholes are inset on both sides of the door. Atop the cabin, a sign reading, "ALASKA STEAMSHI[P]," extends out-of-frame at right.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West poses on the ship's top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Steerage passengers stand on the bow of the ship, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of steerage passengers standing on the bow of a ship. The camera looks down towards the ship's bow. Two automobiles, parked tandem, sit in the foreground on the starboard side of the ship. At left, ship equipment extends down the center line of the ship. Two masts hover over the deck, extending towards the bow. Other ship machinery and pallets sit on the deck, beneath the masts. Rigging stretches vertically through the image at right and in the distance at left. Passengers stand along the bow's rails in the distance at center. Most stand with their backs to the camera. The ocean stretches into the distance at right.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Steerage passengers stand on the bow of the ship, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Native American children wear life preservers during a ship safety drill, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a couple Native American children wearing life jackets while standing on the promenade deck of a ship during a safety drill. A boy (left) and young girl (right) stand, left-of-center, wearing life jackets. Both look to the camera as they stand on the promenade deck with other passengers. The ship's covered promenade extends behind them and to the left. A guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Behind and to the right of the children, an older girl in a life jacket stands at the rail with her back towards the camera. The ship's wake is visible in the background over the right side of the ship.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Native American children wear life preservers during a ship safety drill, Alaska en route, 1946

H. H. West poses in his life jacket, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of H. H. West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. H. H. stands at center wearing a life jacket. He looks towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail at right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind him and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
H. H. West poses in his life jacket, Alaska en route, 1946

Ship's observation lounge, viewed from the bow, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the ship's observation lounge as viewed from a deck below on the bow. A few ship cabins are viewed at an angle from the front (or bow), looking abaft. They sit off-center to the left. The cabins stand 3 decks tall. Portholes line the lowest deck. A rail lines the promenade that passes across the front of the second deck (observation lounge). The observation lounge is lined by windows and sits recessed between a lower and upper deck. The upper deck contains a cabin at center that is lined by portholes. Observation areas extend to the right and left of the upper cabin. In the background, a portion of a funnel is visible billowing dark smoke.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ship's observation lounge, viewed from the bow, Alaska en route, 1946

Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:
Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina while en route to Catalina Island. Dozens of passengers stand clustered together in the foreground on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina ferry. They occupy the bottom half of the image and all generally face towards the left. Some rigging rises from the deck at left, behind the crowd. Low mountains stand in the distance at left.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Hawk Inlet and Admiralty Island, viewed at a distance from an approaching ship, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Hawk Inlet and Admiralty Island, taken from a ship sailing through an adjacent channel. The image appears to tilt downward towards the right. 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. Passengers and cargo are visible on the deck. To the right of the ship, a channel extends across the image and into the distance. A settlement is visible on the distant shore at center. Tree-covered hills rise from shorelines in the distance.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hawk Inlet and Admiralty Island, viewed at a distance from an approaching ship, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Frances Wells looks over the ship's rail on its approach to Orca, Cordova vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Frances Wells and other passengers looking over the rail of their ship as it approaches Orca. Frances Wells stands, right-of-center, in the foreground with her back square to camera as she stands along a rail lining the side of a ship. She looks towards the distance. To the left of her, 2 older boys also stand at the rail with their backs to the camera. A woman, obscured by a rail, sits on the deck to the right of Frances. She too faces towards the distance. The rail lining the side of the ship stretches on an upward angle from left to right. A waterway stretches across the image beyond the ship. In the distance, buildings dot the shoreline at center and right. A tree-covered mountainside rises up from behind the settlement.
Date:
September 8, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances Wells looks over the ship's rail on its approach to Orca, Cordova vicinity, 1946

Three Native American girls pose on a promenade deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of 3 Native American girls posing while standing on a covered promenade deck of a ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. The 3 girls stand in a row at center. The shortest girl stands at left and the tallest stands at right. All wear pea coats. The leftmost 2 girls both look to the camera and rest their hands in their coat pockets. The girl at right looks to the left. The deck extends behind them and slightly to the left. A windowed cabin stands in partial view along the left edge, behind the girls. Guardrails line the right side of the deck. Far down the deck, fellow passengers walk the deck and look over the rails. The ocean extends out to the right and into the distance.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Three Native American girls pose on a promenade deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life preserver during a ship safety drill. Mertie West stands at center, wearing a life jacket, and faces left. The covered deck she stands upon stretches behind her on an upward angle from left to right. A guardrail lines the far side of the walkway. Two other passengers stand along the rail at far right, behind Mertie. Behind the 2 other passengers, a jet of water streams from the ship and arcs out to the ocean. The ocean stretches into distance.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Fishing boat sailing through a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

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.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Fishing boat sailing through a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Buoy floating in a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of a buoy floating in a channel near Juneau, Alaska. The waterway spans the width of the image and stretches back from the bottom edge. In the near distance, at center, a buoy floats in the water. Tree covered hills line the far shoreline and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Buoy floating in a channel, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sails through Port Valdez, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sailing through Port Valdez. The waterway occupies the majority of the image. It spans the foreground and extends back into the distance. The tanker sails just below the top edge, left-of-center. It is viewed at a slight distance from the side as it sails towards the right. Birds are visible flocking around the tanker. Hills rise across the opposite shoreline in the far distance.
Date:
September 8, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sails through Port Valdez, Valdez, 1946

Passengers wear life jackets and line a ship's deck during a fire drill, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of passengers donning life jackets while participating in a fire safety drill aboard their ship. The camera looks down an exterior corridor of the ship. The corridor's walkway stretches from the bottom edge and directly back at a slight angle to the left. A guardrail lines the left side of the walkway. On the right side, passengers wear life preservers and stand in a row that recedes back along the corridor. They lean against the exterior of a cabin that runs the length of the walkway. The nearest passenger stands along the right edge with his back to camera and faces left. He takes a photograph. On his life jacket, it reads, "59." The ocean is visible just beyond the guardrails at far left.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers wear life jackets and line a ship's deck during a fire drill, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina as it sails through San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as the ferry sails through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. The S. S. Catalina enters frame from the right half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Passengers stand and occupy all available space on the top deck. Funnels, a mast and rigging line the center of the ship along the right edge. To the left of the ship, a channel stretches wide to the left and back into the distance behind the ferry. Large petroleum drums stand along the left shore of the channel. Signs on the walls in front of the drums reads, "GARGOYLE," and "GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION." Farther along the peninsula, cranes and docks stand as it stretches into the distance.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers travel aboard the S. S. Catalina as it sails through San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its rail stretches across the left half of the bottom edge and past the lower left corner. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the left. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel, Los Angeles, 1948

S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of the S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its forward hull spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the left. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the right. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor, Los Angeles, 1948

View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina, Los Angeles, 1948

Description:
Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. The bow of the S. S. Catalina spans the width of the bottom edge and tapers to a point at center. A flagpole rises from the front of the prow. Beyond the ferry, a channel stretches into the distance. Its shores line the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of San Pedro Harbor, viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina, Los Angeles, 1948

View looking towards the bow of the ship, Inside Passage, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the [Aleutian], as viewed from midships towards the bow, sailing through the Inside Passage. The middle of the ship stretches across the foreground. The front of the ship extends into the distance with the bow terminating right-of-center. Passengers and cars being transported on the ship are clustered on the top deck. A few passengers sit and stand atop a cabin along the bottom edge at right. One of these passengers looks to the camera. Beyond them, cranes and rigging sit along the center line of the ship. Vehicles are parked to either side of the rigging. A dozen or so passengers stand on the deck at left, near the rails. Ahead of the ship, the Inside Passage stretches into the distance. Silhouetted mountains line the waterway in the background.
Date:
September 17, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View looking towards the bow of the ship, Inside Passage, 1946

Hawk Inlet, viewed at a distance from an approaching ship, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island, as viewed from an approaching ship. The image appears to tilt downward towards the right. 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. Cargo is visible sitting on the deck. To the right of the ship, a channel extends across the image and into the distance. A settlement is visible on the distant shore at center. Tree-covered hills rise across the background.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Hawk Inlet, viewed at a distance from an approaching ship, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Passengers traveling on the S. S. Catalina's top deck, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers traveling aboard the S. S. Catalina's top deck while en route to Catalina Island. The top deck extends beyond the width of the image, entering frame from the bottom edge and narrowing as it stretches into the distance. In the foreground, passengers sit on benches that line the center of the deck. They are seen from an elevated angle and sit with their backs to the camera. Open deck lines both the right and left sides of the line of benches. Railings wrap around the edge of the deck. Passengers stand along the rails and face out towards the water. At center and beyond the near benches, a mast rises beyond the top frame. Behind it, a funnel rises from a cabin and is secured by rigging. More passengers cluster together at the far end of the ship in the distance. The ocean stretches across the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers traveling on the S. S. Catalina's top deck, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Passengers stand on a deck of the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island. Two men stand in the foreground at center with their backs to the camera. They face slightly left. Other passengers stand ahead and below them. All appear to look away from camera. Beyond them, water stretches across the mid-ground. Two smaller boats sail through the water at center and at far left. Brush-covered hillsides rise from the shore of Catalina Island in the distance.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers stand on a deck of the S. S. Catalina as it approaches Catalina Island, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Ship's crew members engage in a fire drill, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of crew members partaking in a fire drill on the promenade deck of the ship as passengers mill about in life jackets. The scene is viewed from an elevated angle. The deck's guard rail stretches vertically through the image at center on an angle from right to left. The promenade deck extends to the left of the rail. A few passengers wearing life jacks stand on the promenade at left. A hose winds down the deck towards crew members in life jackets. Crew members stand along the rail at center and hold the hose over the right side of the rail. It sprays water out into the ocean. The wake of the ship flows at right.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Ship's crew members engage in a fire drill, Alaska en route, 1946

Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West and others traveling on a ferry while en route to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the deck in the foreground. A man stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. To the immediate right of him, a little girl stands. She turns her head back towards the camera. Behind the girl, a woman stands in partial view. She faces left and is obscured by the man at far left. Along the right edge, a woman stands in profile, facing left. Between a gap in the standing passengers, other passengers sit on a bench that extends back through center and towards the side of the ship. About four women sit in a row on this bench, including Mertie West. Mertie West sits second from the back. All the women face left. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of passengers clustered together on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina. A woman stands in partial view in the foreground at center. She approaches the camera. Behind her, many passengers stand, facing towards the left. They appear to occupy all available space on the deck as it extends into the distance at center. About halfway down the ship and along the right edge, a small cabin stands behind the passengers. A few small funnels stand around it and a large, solitary stack rises. Rigging stretches overhead at left. Water extends towards the horizon in the background at left.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Passengers stand on the top deck of the S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Boat following the Wests' ferry in its wake, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of a boat following in the wake of the Wests' ferry during their trip to Catalina Island. In the foreground, an American flag (partial view) is seen close-up as it hangs off the back of the ferry along the left edge. The ferry's wake spans the width of the bottom edge, narrowing as it stretches into the distance on a slight angle to the right. At center, a boat follows behind the ferry. It travels along the wake's far left edge. In the far distance, a shoreline is visible in the upper right corner.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Boat following the Wests' ferry in its wake, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking up a gangplank to board a ship in Metlakatla, Alaska. The dock stretches across the foreground. Passengers waiting to board the ship stand in the near distance at left; most have their backs to the camera. At center, a gangplank on the dock stretches upwards to the right and towards a promenade deck of a ship. With her back to the camera, Mertie West walks up the gangplank and towards the ship. The ship stretches across the background on an angle, extending beyond the left and right frames. Passengers stand near the rail of the promenade deck and face towards the camera. A couple of lifeboats sit atop the upper deck.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Aleutian moored at the dock, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the ship, Aleutian, sitting moored at the dock in Metlakatla, Alaska. The ship stretches across the image in the near distance. It enters frame at left and stretches back towards the right, into the distance. The Aleutian is viewed at an angle from the side. Three decks are visible. Lifeboats line the edge of the upper deck. Cranes and rigging stand atop the far end of the ship. At left, 2 people walk down the gangplank from the ship. The gangplank stretches between a promenade deck and the dock. The dock runs parallel to the ship and extends to the right of it. People sit along rails that line the left edge of the dock. All face towards the right. In the foreground at left, a wooden post extends vertically through the image. Mountains and low clouds are visible in the background at right.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Aleutian moored at the dock, Metlakatla, 1946

Mertie West, Frances Wells and a ship's officer converse on the bridge of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of a ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells conversing on the bridge of the Aleutian. A rail along the deck runs across the foreground, jutting towards the camera at center. Behind the rail, the ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells stand on the deck and converse in the near distance at center. The officer leans against the rail as he faces towards the women to the right. Mertie West and Frances Wells stand facing towards the camera, but look to the officer at left. Directly behind them, a lifeboat hangs from rigging. At left, a cabin enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. A ladder rises up along the side of the cabin at far left. Beyond the cabin, a ship's funnel extends out-of-frame. The waterway the ship sails through is visible at right. Tree-covered hills rise from the shore in the distance at right.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Frances Wells and a ship's officer converse on the bridge of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Mertie West talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of an officer of the Aleutian and Mertie West chatting outside the bridge on the top deck of the Aleutian. Mertie West and the officer both stand in partial view in the lower right corner. Mertie stands along the right edge and is visible from the shoulders up. She faces left to converse with the officer. The officer stands to the left of her. He is visible from the torso up and faces right to converse with Mertie. Behind them stands the bridge or cabin. It stretches on an angle back from left to right. A ladder rises along the side of the cabin behind the officer. Atop the roof and left-of-center, a signboard reads, "ALEUTIAN." At far right, a funnel rises tall behind Mertie; it billows smoke.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Seattle, viewed from a ship leaving the harbor, Seattle, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the Seattle skyline, as viewed from a departing ship sailing through Puget Sound. A ship's rail runs across the lower right corner. Beyond, the water of Puget Sound stretches towards a harbor of Seattle. Three piers extend towards the camera from the shore. Two are at left and the third is at far right. A couple of ships are docked at the far right pier. Warehouses sit atop both piers at left. The Seattle skyline stretches across the image, behind the piers. Smith Tower rises tall behind the pier at center. A vertical streak of white hovers to the left of Smith Tower.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Seattle, viewed from a ship leaving the harbor, Seattle, 1946

Frances Wells and Mertie West relax on the top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances Wells and Mertie West relaxing on the top dock of their ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. The 2 women sit atop a padded platform in the near distance at center. Frances Wells sits leftmost with her legs crossed as she raises binoculars to her eyes. Mertie West sits with her legs outstretched towards the camera and looks down to the right (possibly reading). The platform they sit upon stretches to the left and out-of-frame. To the right of the platform, a cabin stands in partial view. It extends out-of-frame at right. Water, a distant shore and mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances Wells and Mertie West relax on the top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West, Frieda Shaw, Everett Shaw and others traveling on a ferry during a trip to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the upper deck in the foreground. A boy stands at center and faces towards the camera. Behind him, other passengers sit on benches that stand in a line across the deck, facing left. Mertie West sits on the bench directly behind the boy at center. She looks to camera as she leans forward towards the left. Frieda Shaw sits on the near end of the bench behind and to the right of Mertie's bench. She faces left and looks to camera. Beside her, Everett Shaw stands and looks to the camera. Other passengers sit on the benches or stand on the deck. The ocean stretches across the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. Mertie stands at center wearing a life jacket. She faces towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail as she looks out at the ocean to the right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind her and into the distance. Windows line the cabin that stretches alongside it at left. The guardrail lines the right side of the promenade. Wake from the ship is visible in the background at right.
Date:
August 5, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Catalina Island, viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Catalina Island, as viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina ferry. The image appears to tilt downward to the right. Passengers standing in front of the camera obscure the landscape. They stand in the foreground with their backs to the camera. Beyond them, water stretches across the mid-ground. A few boats are visible in the water at right. Brush-covered hills and cliffs rise from the shore of Catalina Island in the distance. A wide band of white extends along the left edge.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Catalina Island, viewed from the approaching S. S. Catalina, Santa Catalina Island, 1948

Catalina Casino, viewed from the S. S. Catalina in Avalon Bay, South Catalina Island, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Catalina Casino, as viewed from the S. S. Catalina in Avalon Bay. The photograph appears to tilt downward slightly to the right. The backs of passengers' heads line the bottom edge, obscuring the view of the waterline. Ahead of them, Avalon Bay stretches across the mid-ground. Several boats float in the water. Catalina Casino stands atop a small peninsula that extends into the water at center. The round structure is encircled by columns and is capped by a cupola. Beyond it, low mountains rise from Catalina Island's shore. A wide, translucent band rises alongside the left edge.
Date:
[between July 29-30, 1948]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Catalina Casino, viewed from the S. S. Catalina in Avalon Bay, South Catalina Island, 1948

Large gold mine, viewed from a passing ship, Juneau, 1946

Description:
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.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Large gold mine, viewed from a passing ship, Juneau, 1946

Crates of Darigold Milk being unloaded from the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph of crates of Darigold Milk being unloaded from the Aleutian in Valdez. The deck of the ship stretches on an upward angle from right to left. Rails line the edge of the right side of the deck. A man leans against the rail at right and faces left. To the left of the man, a gap in the rails stretches across the deck. Over this gap, crates of Darigold Milk and Kellogg's All Bran sit atop a pallet that hangs from ropes over the side of the ship. Beyond the cargo, a group of women stand along the rail. Port Valdez stretches beyond the side of the ship and into the distance. A large mountain rises from the shore in the background.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Crates of Darigold Milk being unloaded from the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Mertie West looking over a ship's rail at a large gold mine, Juneau, 1946

Description:
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.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West looking over a ship's rail at a large gold mine, Juneau, 1946

Distant view of S. S. Baranoff docked at a pier, Cordova, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the S. S. Baranoff sitting docked at a pier, as viewed form the deck of another ship in the Orca Inlet. The photographer's ship sits in the foreground along the bottom edge. Rigging cables stretch along the left edge. The tops of a couple of pick-up trucks are visible sitting a deck below the camera at center. Beyond the near ship, Orca Inlet stretches across the image. In the distance, the S. S. Baranoff sits docked to a pier in Cordova. The ship is anchored at center and is viewed at a slight angle from the side; it faces left. Behind and to the left of it, a pier stretches back to the shore where a group of several buildings stand. The shoreline stretches across the background and hills rise in the far distance.
Date:
August 8, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Distant view of S. S. Baranoff docked at a pier, Cordova, 1946

Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sailing through Port Valdez, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sailing through Port Valdez, as viewed from the side of another ship. The waterway occupies the majority of the image. It spans the foreground and extends back into the distance. The edge of a ship stretches along the left edge. In the near distance, people stand in a line along the rail of the ship. The tanker sails in the distance, just to the right of the near ship. It is viewed at a slight distance from the side as it sails towards the right. Hills rise across the opposite shoreline in the far distance.
Date:
September 8, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sailing through Port Valdez, Valdez, 1946