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
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 40
- Container / Volume
- Box 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Card photographs (photographs) - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Treadwell Mine
Alaska
Wrangell (Alaska)
Juneau (Alaska)
Sitka (Alaska) - Subject (Name)
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Woodhull, L.
Queen (Steamer). - Subject (Topic)
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Pictorial works
Indians of North America
Totem poles
Description and travel - Subjects
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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
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
- Orbis Record
- 3807970
- Object ID (OID)
- 2014899
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