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Alaska Photograph Album, ca. 1890s-1900s.
Wyles Mss 161LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Alaska Photograph Album, ca. 1890s-1900s

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

The collection contains 63 black and white photographs from a disbound album, most of which are snapshots with no captions and many are of the coast of Alaska, including images of settlements such as Sitka, St. Michael Cathedral (a Russian Orthodox church in Sitka), other churches, a school for Indian children, Indian women selling crafts, cabins, the fishing industry, harbors, boats, totem poles, railroad lines, men, women, and children on outings, Davidson and other glaciers, and scenic views of rivers, waterfalls, mountains, and forests. Also included is an image of the Mount Shasta [California?] Mineral Spring Company.

Date:

1890 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ak
Sitka (Alaska) -- Pictorial works
Alaska -- Sitka
St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)
St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by the UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2009.
[Identification of item], Alaska Photograph Album, Wyles Mss 161. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

Photographs.
photographs.
black-and-white photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Photographies.

Physical Description:

.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Identifier:

Wyles Mss 161LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by the UCSB Special Collections policy.