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Panoramic Views of Alaska and Yukon Territory, 1899-1916

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 63

Alaska's Digital Archives: Small Panoramic Photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory, 1899-1916. ASL-PCA-63

Content Description

The collection includes photographs of Dawson, Anchorage, Nome, Circle City, Skagway, Rampart, Fairbanks, Mt. McKinley, Haines, Valdez, Seward, Douglas, Juneau, Cordova, Ketchikan, Tanana, Treadwell, Ft. Gibbon, LaTouche. Photographers represented in the collection include Sheelor, L.E. Robertson, Winter & Pond, H.J. Goetzman, Pillsbury & Cleveland, E.A. Hegg, F.H. Nowell, and Kinsey & Kinsey.

Dates

  • 1899-1916

EAD

PCA0063

Conditions Governing Access

The photographs may be viewed however they may not be photocopied.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Extent

1 boxes (3 folders ;1 Extra Oversize folder) : 37 b&w panoramic images

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The copy prints were ordered from the Library of Congress in 1977. Panoramas #34-37 were added from the backlog in December 2013.

Existence and Location of Originals

Original panoramas are located at the Library of Congress. Some of these images may be viewed digitally on the Library of Congress’ American Memory Project website, in the Panoramic Photographs (search on photographers’ names). http://memory.loc.gov.

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized & available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: #1-23, 25-33

Related Materials

The F.W. Sheelor panoramas may also be viewed full size in the F.W. Sheelor Collection, PCA 383.

Processing Information

The original panoramas were photographed in sections and mounted on acid neutral paper and sleeved in Mylar.

Index of Photographers and Locations

LOCATION/PHOTOGRAPHER VIEW Numbers

Anchorage 2, 26

Chichagoff 37

Circle City 8

Cordova 27

Dawson 1, 3, 4, 5, 6,12

Douglas 24

DENTON PHOTO 34

Fairbanks 14, 15, 16, 18

Ft. Gibbon 31

GOETZMAN, H. J 1

Haines 19, 23, 33

HEGG, E.A 3

Juneau 25, 29

Ketchikan 28

KINSEY and KINSEY 5-6

La Touche 30

Mt. McKinley 17

MUBRICK PHOTO 35, 36

Nizina 35, 36

Nome 7, 9, 13

NOWELL, H 7

PILISBURY and CLEVELAND 8-13

Rampart City 11

ROBERTSON, L. E 14-16

Seward 22

SHEELOR, F.W. 17-27

Skagway 10, 21

Tanana 31

Treadwell 32

Valdez 20

WINTER AND POND 28-29

Digital Material

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for Panoramic Views of Alaska and Yukon Territory, 1899-1916.
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2019 ; Inventory added by Jacki Swearingen
Date
2021 September
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.alaska.gov/hist/
Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)