Photograph Album Of Alaska - 1899

Publication: 1899,

11" x 13 1/2" in black full morocco with gilt tooled title and a chromolithograph (5 1/2" x 7 1/2") showing "Yukon Tundra in Summer" inset at center of front cover. Album contains 91 original photographs (most approximately 4 3/4" x 3 3/4"), mounted on 11 grey card leaves. With two chromolithographs and a colored photograph by LaRoche (Seattle) mounted on the endpapers and on the last leaf of the album. Chromolithograph inside of front cover entitled "Thlinkit and Man From Copper River." Chromolithograph inside rear cover entitled "Tennanah Tribe - Man and Woman." An interesting collection of photographs taken during a cruise on the steamship "Queen" along the Northwest coast of America and Alaska in July 1899, during the Klondike Gold Rush 1896-99. The group of travelers proceeded from Victoria (British Columbia) and went north and visited Sitka, Wrangell, Glacier National Park, where they spent time at the Muir Glacier, Skagway and summited the famous White Pass leading to the Yukon River and further to the Klondike Gold fields. The images include Alaskan scenery (mountains, rivers, coastal landscapes), including close-up views of houses and totem poles in Wrangell, views of the harbor and vicinities of Sitka, a nice series of the Muir glacier views, images of the interior of St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka, the Legislature building in Victoria, a portrait with the building of the Klondike Trading Company in the background et al. The images of the tourists themselves show numerous outdoor activities, such as fishing, hiking, and mountain climbing, as well as standing on the deck aboard the steamship. Images of note include a photo of two ladies in shirtwaists roped up together for mountain climbing; two photos of bison; and an image of a group of native children and their dogs seated on the ground outside a cabin in a village. Several images in album with period pencil or ink captions. First and last leaves with small tears and chips, not affecting photographs. Two photos lightly chipped; a few with some minor soiling. Some pages nearly separated from album, but still holding. A beautiful album with strong, bright images.

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