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Photographs of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed: Finding Aid
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  • Overview of the Collection
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  • Administrative Information
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  • Indexing Terms

    • Overview of the Collection

    Title: Photographs next hit of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed
    Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
    Collection Number: photCL 214
    Creator: Mayo & Weed
    Extent: 122 previous hit photographs next hit in 1 album; prints 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in) and smaller, album 29 x 37.5 cm (11 x 15 in)
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2191
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: An album of 122 previous hit photographs next hit by the Chicago, Illinois, photography firm of Mayo & Weed, dating from the 1890s, that depicts scenery and glaciers in Alaska; Native Alaskans, homes and totems; and towns and scenery in the western United States and Canada. Many previous hit photographs next hit include tourists traveling by train and ship.
    Language: English.

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    previous hit Photographs next hit of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard De Groot, June 25, 1976.

    Historical Note

    Charles A. Mayo and Jarvis 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 previous hit photographs next hit 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

    This album contains 122 photographic prints by the Chicago, Illinois, photography firm of Mayo & Weed that depicts scenery and glaciers in Alaska; Native Alaskans; some Native American totems, and a variety of scenic views in the western United States and Canada. These previous hit photographs next hit were taken ca. 1890s. The organization of the album's previous hit photographs next hit mirrors a trip from Denver, Colorado, to Alaska, with stops at various tourist destinations, and includes 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 previous hit photograph next hit of his grave is included in this collection.
    The previous hit photograph next hit album has the word "Alaska" embossed on the cover and "Alaska / Mayo & Weed, Chicago" embossed on the spine. Almost all of the previous hit photographs next hit have a printed caption included in the bottom of the previous hit photograph next hit .

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  
    Bathhouses -- British Columbia -- previous hit Photographs next hit . -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Canadian Pacific Railway Company -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cemeteries -- Alaska -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Glaciers -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Health resorts -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America—Alaska -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mormon church buildings -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mountains -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Orthodox Eastern Church--Alaska -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Rivers -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Steamboats -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Totem poles -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tourists -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tsimshian Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Warships -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Inuit -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 -- Tomb -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
    Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    British Columbia -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Colorado Springs (Colo.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Denver (Colo.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Douglas Island (Alaska) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Great Salt Lake (Utah) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Juneau (Alaska) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Manitou Springs (Colo.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Portland (Or.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Salt Lake City (Utah) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Sitka (Alaska) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wrangell (Alaska) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    previous hit Photograph next hit Albums.
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Marine previous hit photographs next hit .

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