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Nurse Miss Major was photographed at Tanana

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In 1928, the territory’s Bureau of Education was operating a hospital boat, the Martha Angeline, along the Yukon River. Nurse Miss Major was photographed at Tanana by members of Governor George Parks’ staff during his tour of the territory. Alaska State Library.

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