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[Two totems, foreground; clothes on line in background]

 Item — Box: PCA0285
Identifier: P0285-12

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains views of Presbyterian Missions in Alaska in the 1920's, Tlingit Indian culture and miscellaneous S.E. Alaska views. The photo of Dr. S. Hall Young (no. 6) was used in a Presbyterian Church periodical, Women and Missions, Nov. 1927, submitted by an Elizabeth M. McKay of Ashtabula, Ohio. The majority of the prints are stamped on verso with “This print made in the Wilkes Dark Rooms, Ashtabula, O[hio].” The collection contains images of Princess Beebee Doho, a Juneau Tlingit woman, (nos. 9 and 10) who held the potlatch spoon for many years.

Dates

  • 1926-1929

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)