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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. A poorly lit photograph of Native Alaskans selling souvenirs to ship passengers passing through Chatham (Sitka), Alaska. From left to right, a Native Alaskan woman and child sit with their backs to camera at center. Souvenirs lie on the ground in front of them. The woman hunches over towards the right. At right, a man stands, in profile, facing left. He hunches over the souvenirs as well. The shadow of another person enters frame at right. Behind the group, the corrugated metal siding of a building stretches across the background. Four punch holes run across the bottom edge. Text from negative sleeve: 2212. Alaska Trip. Chatham, Sept.13, 1946. Color 1. Natives display souvenirs on dock. Passengers looking them over. 2. L to R Mertie West and our waiter on the boat, William C Robinson, Route 1, Box 428, Poulsbo, Washn. [handwritten:] 3. Souvenirs. [end handwritten]
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2212_001 ark:/21198/zz002j3065
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Indigenous peoples--Alaska Street vendors--Alaska--Sitka Passengers--Alaska--Sitka
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