Candy Waugaman collection, 1940-1945.

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Candy Waugaman collection, 1940-1945.

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The collection consists of ca. 2047 black and white photograph prints and 442 photograph negatives belonging to Candace Waugaman. The majority of the photographs were taken by Michael J. Chacon, Clarence W. Miller, Vincent A. Wallace, William S. Young, and other United States Signal Corps photographers. The majority of the collection encompasses the period from 1940 through 1945. Images in the collection include World War II in the Aleutian Islands, the Alaska Territorial Guard, United States Army personnel and base life including Fort Richardson, General Simon B. Buckner, the Alaska Highway, Adak, Amchitka, Anchorage, Attu, Barrow, Dutch Harbor, Galena, Kiska, Kodiak, Matanuska Valley, Mount McKinley Park, Nome, Point Hope, Seward, Shemya, Unalaska, Whittier, and various other locations in Alaska. Some photographs were taken during trips through the Inside Passage, featuring different locations in Southeast Alaska. The photographs in the collection range in size from 2 x 2 inches to 11 x 14 inches.

ca. 2047 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.-28 x 36 cm. + 442 negatives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7950504

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