Photograph of H. H. West posing with a flounder while standing on a promenade deck of his ship as it sails through Hawk Inlet. H. H. West stands in the near distance at center. He looks to the camera while holding up a flounder. H. H. stands on a promenade of a ship. The walkway extends behind him. A railing lines the left side of the walkway. In front of H. H., a fishing rod leans against the ship's rail. A crew member stands behind and to the right of H. H. West and looks towards him. Silhouetted mountains are barely visible in the distance, rising behind the railing at left.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph of the Libby cannery in Taku Harbor, as viewed from an approaching ship. The ship sails in partial view along the left edge of the image in the foreground. Its bow faces towards the back of the image. Cars are parked on the top deck and a few passengers stand along the starboard rail. Rigging lines stretch vertically above the ship. Taku Harbor stretches to the right of the ship and into the distance. The shoreline extends through the image from low right, arcing towards the left. Extending from the shore at center is the Libby cannery. Several large buildings stand on platforms over the water. Tree-covered mountainsides rise from the shoreline in the background.
Photograph of Mertie West posing with a flounder while standing on a promenade deck of her ship. Mertie West stands in the near distance at center. She looks down at the flounder she holds. Mertie stands on a promenade of a ship. The walkway extends behind her. Rooms line the right side of the walkway and a railing lines the left side. Hawk Inlet is visible at left, beyond the railing. Silhouetted mountains rise from a distant shoreline at left.
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.
