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Title: Photographs of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed
Dates: ca. 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 214
Creator/Collector:
Mayo & Weed
Extent: 122 photographs in 1 album; album 29 x 37.5 cm. (11 x 15 in.). See itemized list under "Additional collection guides."
Repository:
Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Abstract: An album of photographs by Mayo & Weed depicting scenery and glaciers in Alaska; Native Alaskans, homes and totems; and towns
and scenery in the western United States and Canada. Many photographs include tourists traveling by train and ship.
Language of Material: English
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact the Curator of Photographs at the Huntington
Library.
All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Photographs of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed. Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard De Groot, June 25, 1976.
Biography/Administrative History
Charles A. Mayo and J. E. Weed made up a photography partnership based in Chicago, Illinois. Their firm, Mayo & Weed, acted
as “special artists” for Grafton’s Tours, which was also Chicago based. For an Alaskan themed travel catalogue, Weed traveled
through the Pacific Northwest, taking photographs as he went. Upon his return, Mayo & Weed published the photos not only in
the catalogue, but also in albums to sell.
Scope and Content of Collection
The 122 prints depict Alaskan nature scenes, some Native American totems, and a variety of scenic views in the western United
States. These photographs were taken ca. 1890s.
The collection is particularly strong in images of Caucasian tourists; Salt Lake City, Utah; Manitou Springs and Colorado
Springs, Colorado; Wrangell, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Alaskan natives; glaciers; totems; British Columbia health resorts; and
Western railway lines.
Brigham Young, a leader of the Mormon Church, is listed as a personal name index term because a photograph of his grave is
included in this collection.
The photograph album has the word "Alaska" embossed on the cover and "Alaska / Mayo & Weed, Chicago" embossed on the spine.
Almost all of the photographs have a printed caption included in the bottom of the photograph.
Bathhouses—British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Cemeteries--Alaska
Glaciers
Health resorts
Indians of North America—Alaska
Mormon church buildings
Mountains
Orthodox Eastern Church--Alaska
Rivers
Steamboats
Totem poles
Tourists
Tsimshian Indians
Warships
Inuit
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company
Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)
British Columbia
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Denver (Colo.)
Douglas Island (Alaska)
Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Juneau (Alaska)
Manitou Springs (Colo.)
Portland (Or.)
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Sitka (Alaska)
Wrangell (Alaska)
Photograph Albums
Photographs
Marine photographs