Photograph album of Alaska and the Pacific Coast [graphic].

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Description

Title
Photograph album of Alaska and the Pacific Coast [graphic].
Creator
Woodhull, L.
Contributor
Taber, I. W. 1830-1912.
Published / Created
ca. 1889-1891.
Abstract

Photograph albums of a trip by steamer to Alaska, including photographs of the Steamer "Queen" sailing out of Tacoma, of Sitka, and ice flows and formations in Pyramid Bay, Yakutat Bay, Glacier Bay, and the Muir Glacier

The second album includes photographs of totem poles and Indian dwellings around Fort Wrangell, the mission school at the fort, the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island and views of Juneau and of the Davidson, Auk, Pattison and Taku glaciers and the Chilkoot Peaks

Many of the photographs are commercial views by I. W. Taber, and one photograph depicts a photographer and his camera in front of Muir Glacier

Description
Individual prints are 24.4 x 19.8 cm. or smaller. All photographs are accompanied either by manuscript or letterpress captions. One album lacks covers. One album includes newspaper clippings written by Woodhull, describing his trip from Tacoma to Alaska in 1891.
Album pages are extremely fragile.
Extent
2 albums (104 photographic prints) (in 2 boxes) : 23.8 x 31.0 cm. or smaller.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA Photos 40
Container / Volume
Box 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Card photographs (photographs)
Material
b & w ;
Subject (Geographic)
Treadwell Mine
Alaska
Wrangell (Alaska)
Juneau (Alaska)
Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name)
Woodhull, L.
Queen (Steamer).
Subject (Topic)
Pictorial works
Indians of North America
Totem poles
Description and travel
Subjects
Woodhull, L.
Treadwell Mine > Pictorial works
Queen (Steamer).
Indians of North America > Alaska > Pictorial works
Totem poles > Alaska > Pictorial works
Wrangell (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Juneau (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Sitka (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Description and travel

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
3807970
Object ID (OID)
2014899

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