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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

View of the West's bus driver posing next to Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Description:
Photograph of the West's bus driver posing in front of Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek in Denali National Park and Preserve. An overgrown, grassy slope slopes upward and back from the foreground. A clear path cuts through it at right. The West's bus driver stands in this pathway and looks to the camera. Behind him at the top of the slope, stands Pioneer cabin, off-center to the right. The camera looks up towards the log cabin that is viewed at an angle from the front and the side. It faces left. A porch extends from the front of the cabin and is strewn with gear and supplies. Open rafters hang over the porch and store additional supplies. Pines stand in the background and a low mountain rises in the distance at center.
Date:
August 17, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
View of the West's bus driver posing next to Pioneer cabin at Igloo Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve, 1946

Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West looking at charts posted in the storefront window of Pan American World Airways. A street stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center with her back to camera. She faces the shop window and looks at something posted in the window. The window extends to Mertie's right. Etched in the window it reads, "PAA The System of the Flying Clippers PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS." To Mertie's left, the front door sits back from the sidewalk. Etched into the glass of the door, it reads, "ALASKA SERVICE SEATTLE KETCHIKAN JUNEAU WHITEHORSE FAIRBANKS GALENA NOME McGRATH BETHEL." Another window and door sit to the left of that door. In the window at left, it reads, "CANADIAN PACIFIC." A doorway also stands along the right frame. An awning in the streamline moderne-style hovers over the sidewalk.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West stands in front of a shop window, Juneau, 1946

Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. and other dockside buildings viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Juneau Cold Storage Co., Inc. and surrounding dockside buildings, as viewed from the West's ship docked in Juneau, Alaska. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. In the foreground, the side of the ship stretches vertically along the right edge. Below the ship, a dock lined by a couple of warehouses stretches back at right. To the left of the rightmost building, a dilapidated dock stretches towards the lower left corner. Behind the dilapidated dock at left, piles of lumber sit in front of the "Columbia Lumber Co." building. Tucked behind and between these buildings stands "JUNEAU CO[L]D STORAGE CO. INC. PUBLIC STORAGE," left-of-center. A "Coca-Cola" sign stands on the near corner of the rooftop. Behind all the buildings, a steep, tree-covered hillside rises from right to left. A large, gold mine building stands in tiers on the hillside's slope, partially obscured by fog.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Juneau Cold Storage Co. Inc. and other dockside buildings viewed from a ship, Juneau, 1946

Seaplanes land and take-off in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 1946

Description:
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.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Seaplanes land and take-off in the Gastineau Channel, Juneau, 1946

Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting beside a picture window at Chateau Lake Louise and looking out at the landscape. In the foreground, Mertie West sits in a chair at right. She sits in profile, facing left, but looks through the picture window behind her. A small table stands along the lower left edge and curtains hang down beside the window, along the right edge. The picture window spans the width of the image and extends beyond the top frame. A view of the adjacent landscape is framed by the window. The landscaped grounds of the hotel lie beyond the window, lining its bottom edge. Further back, Lake Louise stretches across the image. At the far end of the lake, mountains rise to the right and left. Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise at center.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sits by a window overlooking Lake Louise at Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of the Chateau Lake Louise. A chair upholstered in a floral print sits in the foreground at center and faces left. Beyond it, Mertie West sits in the near distance, left-of-center, at a writing desk. Mertie sits in profile, facing left. The desk, obscured by a plant in the foreground, stands propped against a wall at left. The left wall is lined by large, arched windows and stretches back towards center. Behind and to the right of Mertie, the lobby extends into the background. An arched entryway stands at the far end of the lobby at center and a decorative ceiling hovers over the lobby at right.
Date:
June 29, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West sitting at a writing desk in the lobby of Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, 1947