Photographs of an expedition to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, 1891 [graphic].
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of an expedition to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, 1891 [graphic].
Description
- Title
- Photographs of an expedition to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, 1891 [graphic].
- Contributor
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Broadbent, Alfred L.
T. Saiki.
Taber, I. W. 1830-1912.
McMurry, J. M.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. - Published / Created
- ca. 1891-1899.
- Abstract
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Photograph album and loose photographs of a voyage to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, including views of St. George and Kings Island, seals on St. Paul's Island, the mission school, a native boat race, walrus hunting and related activities on Cape Prince of Wales, the Bering Straits and natives and landscapes of the Siberian coast, the Indian River, and views of floating ice in the Arctic Ocean
In Sitka, there are views of the Greek Church, the governor's house and other public buildings, and of native women curio sellers who turn their backs to avoid having their pictures taken
At St. Michael's Island, there are views of the trading station, the Greek church and Russian block house, the buildings of the Alaska Commercial Company, and natives in camp
Also included are portraits of school children at the mission school at Unalaska, and of native Aleutes [sic] and Esquimo [sic] aboard ship and in villages and of their dwellings, boats and totems
Some views are commercially produced, though most appear to be personal photographs. There are individual and group portraits of the crews, passengers and officers of several ships, both on board and on shore, and a listing of the crew of the Bear appears on the fly leaf of the album. The photographs also record whalers and other ships encountered along the way
- Description
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In 2 boxes.
Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. Album photographs measure 11.2 x 19.5 cm. and are all inscribed with the initials "A.L.B." Of the loose photographs, most are inscribed with the initials "A.L.B" with the exception of single images credited to Curtis of Seattle, T. Saiki, and McMurry of Port Townsend, Washington Territory.
Alfred L. Broadbent (A.L.B.?) was an engineer on the U.S.S. Bear, a revenue cutter active in the Arctic during the 1890s.
Accompanied by a box list. - Provenance
- Purchased on income from the William Robertson Coe Fund.
- Extent
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1 album (76 photographic prints) : 19 x 28 cm.
121 photographic prints : 11.2 x 19.5 cm. on mounts 13.3 x 21.3 cm. or smaller. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 63
- Container / Volume
- Box 1 (prints)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Card photographs (photographs)
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Alaska.
Alaska
Pribilof Islands (Alaska)
Sitka (Alaska) - Subject (Name)
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Broadbent, Alfred L.
Bear (Ship) - Subject (Topic)
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Indians of North America
Totem poles
Sealing - Subjects
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Broadbent, Alfred L.
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Alaska
Totem poles > Alaska > Pictorial works
Sealing > Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Pribilof Islands (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Sitka (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Bear (Ship)
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 3818028
- Object ID (OID)
- 10001584