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XIP Excurtion Inlet Alaska
XIP Excurtion Inlet Alaska
Caption on front in ink: "XIP (?) - Excursion Inlet - Alaska" A small corregated metal building with a tall smokestack is in the foreground; a large wooden building with several bays on one side and six over six windows on the other side is beyond. A mountain rises on the left beyond the larger building. Very dark and gloomy.
Young boy in overalls rides a pack mule beneath sign for "C.Bourn Saddle and Pack Horses"
Young boy in overalls rides a pack mule beneath sign for "C.Bourn Saddle and Pack Horses"
Back caption: "Jerry Bourn on Jenny mule - taken about 1920 or 25." See also accompanying typed note from Eleanor Bourn van Elten.
Young boy in wide-brimmed hat and overalls stands with toy wagon
Young boy in wide-brimmed hat and overalls stands with toy wagon
Back caption: "About 6 yrs.old." This is probably Hallock Everett Reeves; see also GB2700-2710.
Young boy in wide-brinned hat and sailor's suit in studio portrait
Young boy in wide-brinned hat and sailor's suit in studio portrait
Back caption: "About 6 yrs.old." Embossed on lower front: "Lothrop Bros. - Whatcom, WN." This is probably Hallock Everett Reeves; see also GB2700-2710.
Young girl (possibly Catherine Deming) holding decorated christening bottle
Young girl (possibly Catherine Deming) holding decorated christening bottle
This is most likely Catherine Deming, granddaughter of E.B. Deming, Pacific American Fisheries president, on the occasion of christening the steamer ship named after her, the "Catherine D," on February 2, 1918. The ship was a wooden steamer built to carry passengers and cannery crews to and from Alaska. Owned by PAF until 1938 when it was sold to the US Navy; it later became a supply vessel in WWII.
Young girl and young boy sit in studio portrait
Young girl and young boy sit in studio portrait
Children are formally dressed, wearing berets.
Young girl in white dress poses standing next to chair in studio portrait
Young girl in white dress poses standing next to chair in studio portrait
Back caption: "Mrs. W.L. Gasto - Everette - Don't get face too dark - Don't forget GrandPa." Printed on front: "Keith Studio." This may be a younger Lulu from GB2651 who may have married William Gaston. See also GB2651-GB2655.
Young man in overalls stands outside a building
Young man in overalls stands outside a building
The back of the image is printed as a postcard.

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