Every year ships coming North have to work through ice, taking chances to get through to the places they want to go. This is the sailing vessel S.S. HOLMES which carry our freight from Seattle to Barrow. This picture was taken around midnight just as the sun was setting at Barrow.

Item — Box: PCA 262

Identifier: PCA0262-51

Scope and Contents

[Distant view of S.S. Holmes from shore at Barrow; sun setting at midnight.] Fading print.

The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.

1 Photographic Prints

From the Collection: English

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