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].
Published / Created: 1893
Publication Place: Chicago
Description: 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.
Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. 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.
Extent: 1 album (76 photographic prints) : b & w ; 19 x 28 cm.
121 photographic prints : b & w ; 11.2 x 19.5 cm. on mounts 13.3 x 21.3 cm. or smaller.
Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Group portraits
Photographic prints.--aat
photographs (AAT)
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Alaska--Pictorial works
Unalaska (Alaska)
Subject (Name): Bear (Ship)
Broadbent, Alfred L
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Alaska
Indians of North America--Pictorial works

Access: Public
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