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Dave Redinger entitled this picture "The Last Day in Camp at Dick Creek, Alaska."

Description: Dave Redinger entitled this picture "The Last Day in Camp at Dick Creek, Alaska." These engineers seem ready to return to the delights of "civilized" Seattle! One member of this group, George Parks, became a future Territorial Governor of Alaska.
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Date: undated
Call number: photCL SCE 12 - 00011
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