Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Whale fishing in Alaska.

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-497

Scope and Contents

[ship with two whales alongside]

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

Juneau, Alaska.

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-498

Scope and Contents

[looking down N. Franklin St. from 6th St., pre-1904; see also #810] (no. 47)

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

[Steamer OREGON aground]

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-499

Scope and Contents

Case & Draper (no. 32) similar to #494.

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

[Whale lying on ramp]

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-500

Scope and Contents

see #505.

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

Tyee Whaling Station, Murders Cove, Alaska.

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-501

Scope and Contents

[dock and ramp; similar to #508 (reversed)]

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

White or finback whale.

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-502

Scope and Contents

[four whales afloat in water; man sitting on farthest one]

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

[Round stone lamp.]

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-503

Content Description From the Collection:

Case and Draper were best known for their portraits and photographs of the life and customs of the Tlingit Indians, early Skagway, and the Gold Rush of 1898. Their views were reproduced in a variety of Alaskan books, including The Soapy Smith Tragedy, and on postcards and White Pass and Yukon Railway souvenir playing cards. Collection includes views of southeast Alaska, portraits, and Tlingit Indians, 1898-1920.

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.

[Similar to #403.]

Item — Box: PCA0039

Identifier: PCA0039-504

Content Description From the Collection:

Case and Draper were best known for their portraits and photographs of the life and customs of the Tlingit Indians, early Skagway, and the Gold Rush of 1898. Their views were reproduced in a variety of Alaskan books, including The Soapy Smith Tragedy, and on postcards and White Pass and Yukon Railway souvenir playing cards. Collection includes views of southeast Alaska, portraits, and Tlingit Indians, 1898-1920.

Dates: 1898-1920

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 39, Case and Draper Photograph Collection, 1898-1920.