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Title: Photographs of Edward Schieffelin's Prospecting Trip in Alaska
Dates: 1882-1883
Collection Number: photCL 264
Creator:
Farciot, Charles O., photographer
Extent: 45 photographs in 1 album; album 24 x 30 cm. (9 x 12 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: This collection of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot documents Edward Schieffelin’s gold prospecting trip through Alaska
via the Yukon River in 1882 and 1883.
Views include many close portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik;
trading stations; Schieffelin and his dog sled team; and Fort
Yukon missionaries interacting with Alaskan natives.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on October 16, 2014.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
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Photographs of Edward Schieffelin's Prospecting Trip in Alaska. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of M.C. Erskine in 1925.
Charles O. Farciot was born in Switzerland in 1840 and became a United States citizen in 1858. In the course of his life,
Farciot learned enough to
become a photographer and steamship engineer. After opening photography studios in Arizona, he met Edward Schieffelin, the
founder of Tombstone, Arizona.
Schieffelin, who was interested in searching for gold in the Yukon, took Farciot along as part of his gold prospecting party
to Alaska in 1882.
Discouraged by the harsh environment, Schieffelin left in 1883, but Farciot stayed behind to work as a steamship engineer
on the Yukon River until
at least 1886. Upon leaving Alaska, Farciot opened photograph studios in San Francisco.
This album contains 45 photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot that document Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through
Alaska via the Yukon River in
1882 and 1883. Views include many close portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet,
and Anvik; Fort Yukon; Fort Reliance;
trading posts; Schieffelin and his dog sled team; and Fort Yukon missionaries interacting with Alaskan natives; various steamships,
including the "New Racket";
the Yukon River; Alaskan native chieftains and shamans; a group of the only Caucasian men in St. Michael; and one view of
an Inuit cemetery.
The photographs are mounted double-sided into an accordion fold book album. There are typeset captions, probably created by
photographer Charles Farciot.
Some refer to photographic exposure and timing.
Related materials in the Huntington Library
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Schieffelin, Edward, 1847-1897 -- Photographs.
Dogsledding -- Photographs.
Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Photographs.
Missionaries -- Photographs.
Prospecting -- Photographs.
Shamans -- Photographs.
Steamboats -- Photographs.
Tanana Indians -- Photographs.
Inuit -- Photographs.
Alaska -- Photographs.
Fort Yukon (Alaska) -- Photographs.
Nushagak (Alaska) -- Photographs.
Saint Michael (Alaska) -- Photographs.
Saint Paul Island (Alaska) -- Photographs.
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) -- Photographs.
Photograph Albums.
Photographs.
Portraits.