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Title: Interior of church at Metlakatala, Alaska, Father Duncan in Pulpit
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1912-1920
Publication Information: Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/.
Description: Title taken from image. Wooden interior of building, with congregation seated in pews, pipe organ and pulpit at front, scriptural passages on wall. Anglican missionary Reverend William Duncan is standing at the pulpit of this mission for the Tsimshian, located in the "new utopian Christian community" of Metlakatla. Also printed on the card: -On Line - Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Totem Pole Route. Unused, hand colored, with divided back. Described as a view card, based on realistic image of a specific location.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: bbf00410.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/308
Language: English
Subject: Postcards--1900-1920
Postcards--Alaska
Tsimshian Indians
Buildings--Alaska
Churches
Steeples
Musical instruments
Pipe organs
Glass chandeliers
Women's clothing--United States--History
Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Headgear
Place: Metlakatla, Alaska
Source: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 6, Folder 30
Relation: Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll2

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