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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