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Alaska Photograph Album, 1928

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 425-29

Content Description

A black leather photograph album composed mostly of black and white photographs taken by commercial photographers, and some personal photographs of towns and geographical features along the Inside Passage and into the interior of Alaska. Views include mining camps, fox farms, landscapes, roadhouses, Juneau scenes, men on horses, gold dredges, and glaciers. Places identified include: Paxson’s Lake, Richardson Roadhouse, Savage River Camp, Gold Stream, Fairbanks, Healy River Coal, Nellie Neal’s, LaTouche, Valdez, Cordova, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Petersburg. Commercial photographers included in this collection are: H.W. Steward, Frederick K. Ordway, and Peter Pan Photo Co.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1928

EAD

PCA0425-29

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

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

The album may have belonged to the donor’s late uncle Alexander Lambert, M.D. of New York City.

Extent

1 folders : 1 Photograph album ; 115 black and white photographs of various sizes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The Alaska Photograph Album, 1928 was donated by Thomas L. Cheney to the Alaska State Museum. It was then transferred to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, 5/1/1991, and is accessioned as 1991-024.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. The album has been placed in a pH-neutral folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Alaska Photograph Album, 1928
Status
Completed
Author
Finding Aid processed by: Ken Nail, Jr., LAM ; Revised by: Alea Oien, March 2009 ; Revised by: Anastasia Tarmann, 2011 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Apr. 2012 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Ginny Jacobs, May 2019 ; Inventory Added by: Jacki Swearingen
Date
2022 February
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)