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 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.
Photograph of First Street stretching uphill between buildings in Juneau, Alaska. A portion of North Franklin Street is visible stretching along the bottom edge. First Street extends back into the image at center. The dirt and gravel street ascends as it approaches the distance. Buildings stand in partial view on either side of First Street in the foreground. Houses line both side of the street in the distance. At the end of the street, a steep staircase rises at the base of the hillside that spans the background.
