Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Saw Tooth Mountains from tunnel, White Pass & Yukon Railway.

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-250

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

Chief Catashan [Kadishan] [two totem poles in front of building].

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-251

Scope and Contents

F.W. Carlyon

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

[One of the "Rockets" ready for a trip up the Yukon.]

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-252

Scope and Contents

[Steamer.]

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

[The old Block house, Sitka - passing through June 5th 1906 bound westward.]

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-253

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

[The costumes are winter clothing. The Parka is worn by both sexes but the difference in patterns not noticeable in picture.]

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-254

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

[Native Children enjoying their first watermelon.]

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-255

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

[Indian Totem Poles at Wrangel(sic) Alaska.

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-256

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910

An Alaska Indian.

Item — Box: PCA0300

Identifier: PCA0300-257

Content Description From the Collection:

Captain Whitney's career with the Inspection Service took him to many Alaskan ports. The collection of 184 photographs covers numerous coastal communities from Ketchikan to Golovnin Bay, including many views from the Aleutian Islands. There are also views of the Tanana River, hunting and fishing, canneries, ships, Russian Orthodox churches, a voyage on the S.S. DORA in 1907, and totem poles.

Dates: 1886-1910

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 300, Captain George H. Whitney Photograph Collection, 1886-1910