An out-of-focus photograph of the Assistant Purser from the West's ship posing on a wharf in Valdez. He dons his uniform as he stands in the near distance and looks to camera. The pier beneath him appears to stretch on an upward angle from lower right to left. A body of water extends across the image beyond the pier. From the far shore, a mountain rises in the distance at right. The photograph appears to be damaged. A cluster of white lines bisect the image on a large diagonal across the lower left corner.
Photograph looking down a street in Valdez towards the pier in the far distance. A wide dirt road extends from the bottom edge and into the distance. It sits off-center to the left. About 3 buildings line each side of the road in the near distance. A cafe and hotel occupy the buildings nearest to camera along the left side of the road. A house appears to sit nearest to camera at right. Cars park along the street. At the horizon, the funnel of a ship is visible; dark smoke billows from it. Mountains rise in the far distance at center.
An out-of-focus photograph of a few people riding in a tow cart along the wharf and past a docked ship in Valdez. The pier stretches across the image on an angle back from left to right. In the near distance, at center, a tow cart drives along the pier, towards the left. It is viewed from the front. Two women and a man ride in the front of cart, which is hauling cargo. On the far side of the dock, a ship is docked. It is in partial view, extending out-of-frame at both right and left. It is viewed at an angle from the side. Three decks are visible. Passenger cabins stretch along the 2 lower decks. A few passengers stand along the rails of the middle deck. Lifeboats, rigging and masts sit atop the upper deck.
Photograph of the post office in Valdez, Alaska, as viewed close-up from the front. The photograph appears to tilt downward to the left. A sidewalk of wooden planks stretches across the front of the post office. The post office stands at center and stretches vertically beyond the top frame. A door plastered with notices stands at center. It is flanked by 2 large, glass windows on each side. Etching in the window to the immediate right of the door reads, "PARKING PROHIBITED UNITED STATES POST OFFICE." Above the door and a second row of windows, "VALDEZ POST OFFICE ALASKA," is printed. A small sign to the right of it reads, "SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY TELEGRAPH OFFICE [right pointing arrow]." A nearby building stands in partial view behind the post office and along the right edge. Other structures and mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
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.
Photograph of sign for the Richardson Highway posted in Valdez, Alaska. A garage stands in partial view along the lower right edge. Immediately behind it, a sign hangs from a post-and-beam structure. The sign reads, "RICHARDSON HIGHWAY VALDEZ TO CHITINA 131 MI FAIRBANKS 371 MI UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION." Between the vertical posts and to the left, a street stretches into the distance. On the right side of the street, a sidewalk extends through the center of the images and is lined by businesses. From front to back, signs for each of the businesses read: "PINZON BAR," "VALDEZ LIQUOR STORE," "LIQUOR," and "AUTHENTIC [...] OLYMPIA." Businesses also line the far left side of the street. Mountains rise across the background.
Photograph, from left to right, of Mertie West and H. H. West posing in front of a car parked along a street in Valdez. The photograph appears to tilt slightly downward to the left. The wood-plank road stretches through the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. Mertie and H. H. West stand, left-of-center, and smile to the camera. Mertie leans to the left as H. H. holds onto her by the arm. Behind them, a car is parked. It is viewed at an angle from the side; its front end extends past the left frame. Businesses line the far side of the street. An awning hangs over the sidewalk. A barber shop sign hangs down from the awning behind and to the right of H. H. Etching in the window of the business at far right reads, "CORDELL TRANSFER STORAGE CO. Phone 28 FUEL." A few people stand on the sidewalk and along the right edge in the background.
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.
Photograph looking up at a pallet of cargo being unloaded from the top deck of a ship. The ship sits in partial view in the near distance. Cargo netting stretches in front of the left half of the ship. The ship's decks stretch horizontally across the image. Both lower decks appear to be lined with passenger cabins. On the upper deck, boxes of cargo sit atop a pallet that is being hoisted from the ship. Rigging and masts extend vertically from the top of the ship to the right of the cargo.
Photograph of the side of the ship, Aleutian, viewed close-up while docked in Valdez. The side of the ship stretches on a slight angle back from right to left. Its name, "ALEUTIAN," is printed near the upper left corner. About 5 portholes line the side of the ship, beneath the printed name. Hawsers stretch along the top edge and towards the right.
