Subject: Quonset huts--Alaska--Dutch Harbor - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: An out-of-focus photograph of H. H. West, Jr. and 3 fellow servicemen standing in front of their quarters while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. A walkway of wooden slats enters frame at left and stretches through the center of the image on an upward angle towards the right. It then extends back to the left towards the front door of the Quonset hut-style barracks. H. H. West, Jr. (rightmost) stands on the walkway leading up to barrack's door. He and another man stand side-by-side on the corner of the walkway at right. Both look to camera. Behind and to the left of them, 2 other men stand atop a step in front of the door to the barracks and look to the camera. The front of the Quonset hut stands behind them to the left. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the side; it faces right. Snow-covered mountains rise in the distance at center and right.
Date:: Spring, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Henry Hebard West, Jr. posing outside his quarters while stationed in Dutch Harbor during World War II. H. H. West, Jr. stands in front of his quarters at center. He stands on the front step of the barracks and looks to the camera while donning rubber boots and a jumpsuit. To the left, the bottom half of a Dutch door stands open towards camera and H. H., Jr. rests his arm over it. The top half of the door is also open, but the interior of the barracks is in shadow. The front of the Quonset hut stands behind H. H., Jr. It enters frame at left and extends behind and to the right of H. H. West, Jr. The right edge of the barracks curves up towards the left. A window sits directly behind H. H., Jr. A number plate on its frame reads, "24." Snow-covered mountains are visible in the far distance at right.
Date:: Spring, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of 2 unidentified servicemen crouching on the step in front of their quarters while stationed at Dutch Harbor during World War II. A walkway of wooden slats stretches from the lower right corner towards the wooden step in the foreground at center. Two servicemen crouch and kneel on the step. The man at left leans against the front exterior wall of the barracks as he crouches. A helmet rests on his knee as he holds onto his rifle which stands upright in front of him. The man at right kneels onto one knee and rests a hand to a wooden stick. He holds onto a rifle with his other hand. Both men look to the camera. The front of their barracks stands directly behind them. It is in partial view and enters frame at left. It has an arced roof. The Dutch door that the boys stand in front of is open at top. A window sits to the right of it with "24" painted onto a piece of wood attached to its frame. A snow-covered mountain is visible in the far distance at right.
Date:: June, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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