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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

Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Description:
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.
Date:
September 11, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West wears a life preserver on a ship's deck, Juneau vicinity, 1946

Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West and others traveling on a ferry while en route to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the deck in the foreground. A man stands in partial view along the left edge with his back to the camera. To the immediate right of him, a little girl stands. She turns her head back towards the camera. Behind the girl, a woman stands in partial view. She faces left and is obscured by the man at far left. Along the right edge, a woman stands in profile, facing left. Between a gap in the standing passengers, other passengers sit on a bench that extends back through center and towards the side of the ship. About four women sit in a row on this bench, including Mertie West. Mertie West sits second from the back. All the women face left. The ocean 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
Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West walking up a gangplank to board a ship in Metlakatla, Alaska. The dock stretches across the foreground. Passengers waiting to board the ship stand in the near distance at left; most have their backs to the camera. At center, a gangplank on the dock stretches upwards to the right and towards a promenade deck of a ship. With her back to the camera, Mertie West walks up the gangplank and towards the ship. The ship stretches across the background on an angle, extending beyond the left and right frames. Passengers stand near the rail of the promenade deck and face towards the camera. A couple of lifeboats sit atop the upper deck.
Date:
September 16, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West walks up the gangplank to board a ship, Metlakatla, 1946

Mertie West, Frances Wells and a ship's officer converse on the bridge of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of a ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells conversing on the bridge of the Aleutian. A rail along the deck runs across the foreground, jutting towards the camera at center. Behind the rail, the ship's officer, Mertie West and Frances Wells stand on the deck and converse in the near distance at center. The officer leans against the rail as he faces towards the women to the right. Mertie West and Frances Wells stand facing towards the camera, but look to the officer at left. Directly behind them, a lifeboat hangs from rigging. At left, a cabin enters frame at left and stretches back towards center. A ladder rises up along the side of the cabin at far left. Beyond the cabin, a ship's funnel extends out-of-frame. The waterway the ship sails through is visible at right. Tree-covered hills rise from the shore in the distance at right.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West, Frances Wells and a ship's officer converse on the bridge of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Mertie West talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of an officer of the Aleutian and Mertie West chatting outside the bridge on the top deck of the Aleutian. Mertie West and the officer both stand in partial view in the lower right corner. Mertie stands along the right edge and is visible from the shoulders up. She faces left to converse with the officer. The officer stands to the left of her. He is visible from the torso up and faces right to converse with Mertie. Behind them stands the bridge or cabin. It stretches on an angle back from left to right. A ladder rises along the side of the cabin behind the officer. Atop the roof and left-of-center, a signboard reads, "ALEUTIAN." At far right, a funnel rises tall behind Mertie; it billows smoke.
Date:
August 9, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West talking to an officer on the top deck of the Aleutian, Valdez, 1946

Frances Wells and Mertie West relax on the top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Description:
Photograph, from left to right, of Frances Wells and Mertie West relaxing on the top dock of their ship en route from Seattle to Alaska. The 2 women sit atop a padded platform in the near distance at center. Frances Wells sits leftmost with her legs crossed as she raises binoculars to her eyes. Mertie West sits with her legs outstretched towards the camera and looks down to the right (possibly reading). The platform they sit upon stretches to the left and out-of-frame. To the right of the platform, a cabin stands in partial view. It extends out-of-frame at right. Water, a distant shore and mountains are visible in the far distance at left.
Date:
August 3, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Frances Wells and Mertie West relax on the top deck, Seattle vicinity, 1946

Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Description:
An out-of-focus photograph of Mertie West, Frieda Shaw, Everett Shaw and others traveling on a ferry during a trip to Catalina Island. Passengers stand on the upper deck in the foreground. A boy stands at center and faces towards the camera. Behind him, other passengers sit on benches that stand in a line across the deck, facing left. Mertie West sits on the bench directly behind the boy at center. She looks to camera as she leans forward towards the left. Frieda Shaw sits on the near end of the bench behind and to the right of Mertie's bench. She faces left and looks to camera. Beside her, Everett Shaw stands and looks to the camera. Other passengers sit on the benches or stand on the deck. The ocean stretches across the background.
Date:
August 7, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Everett Shaw, Frieda Shaw, Mertie West and others travel aboard a ferry, Santa Catalina Island vicinity, 1948

Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Description:
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life jacket while standing alongside a rail on the promenade deck of a ship. Mertie stands at center wearing a life jacket. She faces towards the camera and rests an arm on a guardrail as she looks out at the ocean to the right. The ship's covered promenade extends behind her 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
Mertie West wears a life preserver, Alaska en route, 1946

Mertie West looking over a ship's rail at a large gold mine, Juneau, 1946

Description:
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.
Date:
September 12, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Mertie West looking over a ship's rail at a large gold mine, Juneau, 1946