Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.19.332
Accession#:
2009.19
Credit Line:
Donated by the Juneau Volunteer Firefighters Association.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
emergency medical & rescue procedures exercise, 3—21—71
Date:
03/21/1971
Description:
Color photograph of two vehicles on embankment and person being carried on stretcher.
Color photo shows two white vehicles on snowy embankment with person being carried on stretcher and large crowd of people on opposite embankment. To the proper right of the photograph, two white vehicles can be seen in a ditch. A person can be seen getting out of the passenger side door of the vehicle closest to the camera. A red fire extinguisher is sitting in the down in front of the white vehicle. In the center and foreground of the photograph, a person is being carried on a stretcher. The person on the stretcher is wearing a pink sweater and covered in a cream blanket and a red blanket. Only one person wearing jeans and brown coat can be seen carrying the stretcher. On the embankment opposite the two vehicles, a large group of people can be seen. A man in a red jacket is seen taking pictures or filming the event. In the background the Gastineau channel and bridge. The picture is taken from Egan Drive looking toward Douglas.

Labeled "emergency medical & rescue proceedures exercise, 3—21—71" on original plastic protector envelope.
Search Terms:
Archival
Photograph
History
Emergency Service
Fire
First Aid
Winter
Transportation
Car
Bridge
Gastineau
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