Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:
Drawings by John A. Fuller that document Sitka and other locations in Alaska, 1867, as well as a drawing of a lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, 1866-1867. Images of Sitka, Alaska, include overviews of the city and landscape, as well as several structures that include St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church, a hospital, a sawmill, and the residence of Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis. Depictions of other places in Alaska include a fishing station fifteen miles south of Sitka and a Native American outpost on Wrangell Island.
Description:
John A. Fuller (1828-1909) was a miner, merchant, and politician, with mining and business interests in California and Alaska. He served as a postmaster and surveyor in Sitka from 1867 to circa 1870. He later became a city councilman and mayor of Napa, California. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works. and Sitka (Alaska)--Pictorial works.
Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art
Container / Volume:
Box 13 | Folder 154
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Description:
On verso: These are the whippers that whip the children when they are initiated into the Koko fraternity. When they have been whipped then they can dance in any dances. 1920
Subject (Topic):
Art, American and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
