Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John G. Brady papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1206
Abstract:
The collection consists of the personal and official papers of John G. Brady documenting early missionary work in Alaska, the history and political and economic development of Alaska, and Brady's life and career. There are early 20th century publications by Alaskan government bodies and missionary groups, as well as the public records of the City of Sitka. Included are photographs, negatives, and glass lantern slides of Alaskan scenery and subjects, native Alaskans, and Brady's family.
Dates:
1867-1937
L. Stark Humes collection of photographs of the Klondike region
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 993
Abstract:
Photographs collected by Ladell Stark Humes of the Klondike region of the Yukon, as well as other areas in Alaska and Yukon Territory, circa 1865-1939. Photographers chiefly represented in the collection include William Howard Case, Case & Draper, Robert Collier, and A. W. Hall. Depicted are Native American men, women, and children; gold mining efforts; and town and landscape views. Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and...
Dates:
circa 1865-1939
William Palmer Kodak views of the Pribylov Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1065
Abstract:
194 photographs taken by William Palmer--with a Kodak Brownie Number 2--for the United States National Museum depicting the Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands), a group of volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, 1890 June-August. The collection's title card suggests that Palmer organized the photographs into 5 categories: scenery, seals, sealing, birds, and miscellaneous. Images are chiefly of seals and sea lions, but also...
Dates:
1890 June-August