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Interior Alaska photographs

Guide to the Interior Alaska photographs
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An Alaska Historical Society collection

Collection number: HMC-1004-AHS.
Creator: Unknown.
Title: Interior Alaska photographs.
Dates: undated.
Volume of collection: 0.02 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs of a possible Yukon River trip.

Biographical note:
The Archives has no information on the creators of the photographs.

Collection description:
This collection contains 129 black and white photograph contact prints (not original photographs) which primarily depict scenes of interior Alaska, possibly related to goldseekers traveling to Dawson via the Yukon River. Included are views of rivers, camps, cabins, dog sled teams, a town (St. Michael), and several steamboats (Aurora, Sunflower, Jennie M. and Research).

Arrangement: The arrangement of the photographs is unknown.

Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: The copyright status of the photographs is unknown.

Preferred citation: Interior Alaska photographs, Alaska Historical Society collections, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Index: The collection is accompanied by an index with identifications written by Robert DeArmond, though the numbers on the photographs do not completely correlate to the numbers in the index.

Acquisition note: This collection was copied by the Alaska Historical Society. The Historical Society retains ownership of the collection and placed it on deposit in Archives and Special Collections in 1989.

Processing information: This collection was described prior to 1990. The guide to the collection was updated to meet current standard by Arlene Schmuland in 2015.

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