H. H. West, Jr. kneels and poses in front of his barracks at Fort Mears (photo, recto), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Item Overview

Title

H. H. West, Jr. kneels and poses in front of his barracks at Fort Mears (photo, recto), Dutch Harbor, 1942

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[Autumn, 1942]

Date

1942

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A close-up photograph of H. H. West, Jr. kneeling in front of his barracks while stationed at Fort Mears in Dutch Harbor during World War II. H. H. West, Jr. kneels at center on top of a wood slat landing in front of his barracks. He poses facing left, but turns his head to look to the camera. Behind him, the dutch door of the Quonset hut stands closed.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2016. H.H.West Jr films sent down from Dutch Harbor June 1943. H. H. West Jr taken in front of his Qunset [sic] hut Fort Mears Dutch Harbor Alaska fall of 1942

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Henry Hebard, 1917-1998

Location

Alaska--Dutch Harbor

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Military personnel--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Quonset huts--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Barracks--American--Alaska--Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears (Alaska)