Views of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, copper mining, Cordova, Chitina, McCarthy, ca. 1920s-1930s

Collection

Identifier: PCA 210

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Views of Cordova, Chitina and McCarthy in the late 1920's. There are also views of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad trains and crews, bridges, tunnels, copper mining, cabins, sleds and sled dogs and community activities.

Dates

Majority of material found within ca. 1920s-1930s

EAD

PCA0210

Biographical / Historical

The collector of the album is unknown. It was found in Boise, Idaho, and donated to the Historical Collections. However, ten of the views were taken by Marvin Roark who owned a photo shop in Cordova in the early 1930's.

Extent

74 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Processing Information

The photographs were removed from the album pages and sleeved in Mylar. Captions from the album were transcribed.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Views of Copper River & Northwestern Railway, copper mining, Cordova, Chitina, McCarthy, ca. 1920s-1930s
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May, Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 March
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English