Evacuees of Alaska, June 1942. This family watches operations at the dock in an unnamed Alaskan port. Liberal rates of pay were provided in standardized wages for sealing operations, and the islanders were excellent customers of mail-order houses "in the states." Native costumes and handicrafts yielded to factory made articles long ago.
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