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Alaska, 1907 Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 194

Scope and Contents

Photogravure views of Alaska communities and Native Alaskan culture, including Metlakatla Indian Band ; Father William Duncan's church ; Treadwell Gold Mine ; Potlatch dancers ; Totems (Kasaan) ; Mt. Dewey (Skagway) ; White Pass and Yukon Railroad ; Three Sisters Mountains (Sitka) ; Greek Orthodox Church (Sitka) ; Totems (Sitka) ; Taku Glacier ; Valdez ; Unidentified Eskimo bride and groom.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within circa 1907

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing; however, the photographs 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.

HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman and Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in Seattle. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue (Seattle). They expanded into publishing, bookbinding and book selling and in the early 1900s sold cameras, film, maps, books, gold scales, snow glasses and other supplies to people leaving for the Nome... gold fields. In 1902-3, the firm built a large new building next door, on the corner of First Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle.

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Extent

1 Volumes : 25 photogravure images, black and white (5 ¼” x 7 ½”) with colorized cover image (3 ½” x 6 ½”) ; (album 27 cm x 33 cm)

Language of Materials

English

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Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown.

Related Materials

There are two more originals at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Corporate Author

Lowman and Hanford Stationery and Printing Co.

Typed note on inside front cover:

Mr. E.S. Scoullar, North Burnaby presented the Archives with this folio of early Alaskan scenes. He sends his regards, and hopes to see you when he calls again. [stamp date of Dec 2, 1981, but unknown when that was added. Also no indication of which Archives the note refers to, so it may not have been written to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections or the old Alaska State Library and Museum.]

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Alaska, 1907 Photograph Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; Inventory by: Sandra Johnston, Sep. 28, 2020 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid with Inventory by: Connie Hamann
Date
2025 March
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)