Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West look at spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park, Eklutna, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West look at spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park, Eklutna, 1946

Photographer

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

Date Created

August 25, 1946

Date

1946-08-25

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph, from front to back, of Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell and Mertie West looking at the spirit houses in Eklutna Historical Park. Frances Wells stands with her back to the camera, in the foreground at right. Further back, W. L. Kinsell stands in profile, facing left, and beyond him, Mertie West faces towards the camera, but looks to the left. A clearing stretches across the foreground to the left of Frances. All three look towards Native American spirit houses that are clumped together in the near distance at center. Overgrown grasses and weeds surround the spirit houses at center and obscure others. Trees line the back perimeter of the cemetery.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2189. Alaska Trip Eklutna and Fort Richardson cemetery Aug.25, 1946. o · 1. Ft Richardson cemetery o · 2. L to R Frances Wells, W. L. Kinsell, Mertie West o · 3.and [handwritten:] w [end handwritten] 4. Mertie West Frances Wells and Kinsell o H.H.in [sic] in place of Kinsell on 4 o 4. Orthodox church at Ekluntna [sic] Kinsell, Frances and Mertie West o 5. Graveyard of indians [sic]. Kinsell Mertie and Frances o 6. Close up - same o · 7. Mertie West at grave of Lt Col Roosevelt o 8. Roosevelt's grave

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Kinsell, William Leonard, $ 1877-1962
Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972

Location

Alaska--Eklutna

Longitude

61.461063

Latitude

-149.361636

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Cemeteries--American--Alaska--Eklutna
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Alaska--Eklutna