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Finding Aid to the Henry H. Brodeck stereograph views of Alaska
BANC PIC 2017.068--STER
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Henry H. Brodeck stereograph views of Alaska
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.)
Creator:
Northwest Trading Co.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2017.068--STER
Physical Description:
84 photographs
: albumen prints on card mounts
; mounts 10 x 18 cm and 12 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Date (inclusive): 1881
Abstract: Photographs of landscapes, people, and objects in various Alaska locations, including Sitka, Rockwell (Juneau), Takou Inlet
(Taku Inlet), and the villages of Hoonyah (Hoonah), Chilcat (Chilkat) and Klockwan (Klukwan).
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Henry H. Brodeck stereograph views of Alaska were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Ken Harrison Western Americana
in 2017.
H.H. Brodeck is known to have operated a photographic studio out of Walla Walla, Washington from 1880, and photographed in
Alaska from April to July, 1881. He died in 1886.
Photographer's imprint on front of each mount: Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. by H.H. Brodeck. A variant of this
statement also includes his studio location: Walla Walla, W.T.
Also printed on front of mounts: Scenes in Alaska.
Printed and numbered descriptive captions present on many mounts.
Some are oversize stereographs, measuring 12 rather than 10 cm in height. Mounts vary in color: buff, gray, and orange examples
present.
Six items (Bancroft item numbers 24, 31, 34, 36, 83, and 84) are not stereographic, but are single images on 12 x 18 stereograph-sized
mounts.
[Identification of item], Henry H. Brodeck stereograph views of Alaska, BANC PIC 2017.068--STER, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2017.
Views of various Alaska locations, including Sitka, Rockwell (Juneau), Takou Inlet (Taku Inlet), and the villages of Hoonyah
(Hoonah), Chilcat (Chilkat) and Klockwan (Klukwan). Depicted in several images are Tlingit people (Huna, Chilkat and Auke),
some with emphasis on traditional attire. Other subjects include glaciers, icebergs, landscapes and waterscapes, and buildings.
At least two views depict the Rockwell post of the Northwest Trading Co.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stereographs.
Photographs
Alaska
Tlingit Indians
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.)
Northwest Trading Co.