Maurice J. Chabot photograph collection [graphic], 1944.

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Maurice J. Chabot photograph collection [graphic], 1944.

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The collection consists of 44, 8x10 in. black and white images from the U.S. Army Signal Corps which depict the construction of an airport, surveying and construction of the Alaska-Canadian (Alcan) Highway during World War II. Includes images of road building equipment of the era and some of the 11,000 army personnel and 7,500 civilians commissioned to work on the construction. The collection contains an image of the first truck to travel from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse. Several unidentified desert scenes are also included.

44 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7762703

Alaska State Library

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