Part of the photographs of the American West, dating from the 1870s to the 1890s, collected by Carl S. Dentzel (1913-1980), director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California, this is disbound album of photographs of Alaska taken by A. L. Broadbent. These views show Revenue Cutter Service ships and officers; Alaskan natives; towns; scenery; the fur trade and mission schools. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; walrus hunting; whaling ships; totem poles; officers in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service; Greek Orthodox church buildings; the first grand jury in Nome, Alaska; James Gilchrist Swan; and a portrait of one of the collection's photographers, Alfred Lee Broadbent. Title devised by the cataloger.
Broadbent, A. L.--Photographs Bear (Ship)--Photographs Church buildings--Photographs Grand jury--Alaska--Photographs Hotels--Photographs Indians of North America--Alaska--Photographs Photographers--West (U.S.)--Photographs Reindeer--Photographs Totem poles--Photographs United States. Revenue-Cutter Service--Photographs Walrus hunting--Photographs
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased from Paul and Elizabeth Dentzel, March 24, 1992.
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