J. Cropley Photograph Album, ca. 1900s
Scope and Contents
All of the photographs in the bound photo album document a large-scale mining operation. Only four of the photographs have identifying notes. The first three photographs, which show horse teams pulling loaded sleds across ice, are labeled Tagish Lake. Photograph number 31, which shows a man standing beneath a flume, is labeled J. Cropley. The 3 ½ by 4 ½ black and white photographs are mounted one per page to black album pages. The images include scenes of hydraulic mining, the harvesting and transporting of logs and lumber, the assembly of a pipeline and a flume, and the construction of a sawmill.
Dates
- ca. 1900s
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
Extent
53 Photographic Prints : 1 album ; 1 box (0.15 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown. Found onsite in December 1987; accessioned September 19, 2001 (Acc# 2001-074.)
Existence and Location of Copies
The pages in this album have been digitized and are available to view via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
Boxed, leaves protected with Mylar inserts. Photos were numbered; album pages were digitized and stored as jpg and tiff images. The album, in its entirety was saved in portable document format (PDF).
- Title
- Finding aid for the J. Cropley Photograph Album, ca. 1900s
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: India Spartz, Dec. 1987 ; Finding aid by: Ken Nail, Jr., Oct. 2007 ; Revised by: Gayle Goedde, Apr., 2011 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
- Date
- 2019 July
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov