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Title
Postcard, One of the Totem Poles in the Indian Cemetery, Wrangell, Alaska
Creator
Goetze, Otto Daniel
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1912-1920
Publication Information
F. Matheson, Wrangell, Alaska
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. Features a wooden building, fence, and large wooden totem pole with bear figure and bird at top, located behind a Tlingit memorial marker. Text on the headstone reads: In memory of Kau-Kish, Died 1897, 68 years. Unused, monochromatic, with divided back. Described as a view card, based on realistic image of a specific location.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
bbf00398.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll2/id/296
Language
English
Subject
Postcards--1900-1920
Postcards--Alaska
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Antiquities
Cemeteries--Alaska
Buildings--Alaska
Alaska Natives
Totem poles--Alaska
Goetze, O. D. (Otto Daniel)
Place
Alaska (United States)
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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