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Johnson Collection

1916

This photo shows the boat "TRAVELER" at center foreground, settled on the mud flat at low tide in the Anchorage harbor. The associated smaller wooden dory of the same name is visible on the ground at the far side of the larger boat's bow. Oddly shaped chunks of rotten ice are stranded on the mud in near foreground and floating in the inlet in background behind the boat. A large warehouse building on pilings is prominent at extreme right beyond the boat. This boat had a long and storied history hauling freight and passengers, serving mining camps, canneries and the small communities around Cook Inlet. Later photos of the boat held in other historical collections show the bow section may have been lengthened, with three additional portholes added, possibly to accommodate increased passenger traffic.

Anchorage, Alaska

Tinted Black & White paper print, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2"

Boat#1x-Joh