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| Title | Talus slopes above creek in Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1914 |
| Notes | Talus, or scree, is the result of weathering of bedrock; the materials in talus are in the process of transforming from stable bedrock into clay. Talus is not a stable material, and landslides may easily occur on talus slopes.
McPherson number: K245
PH Coll 495.1-61c |
| Contextual Notes | Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | xyz |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Teocalli Mountains |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC4532
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections |
| Repository Collection | Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 5 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012. |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page
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