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Description
Signed Helios in tree root central right. This black-and-white historical photograph depicts a wide, outdoor scene at a coastal settlement featuring a group of approximately fifteen people standing in a horizontal line across the middle ground. The individuals, a mix of men, women, and children, are dressed in a variety of attire, including dark coats, trousers, and patterned blankets or wraps. Several men in the center of the group hold long, thin staffs or poles. Behind the group, the landscape includes a few simple, light-colored wooden buildings with pitched roofs and two tall, carved totem poles rising into the sky. A dense forest of evergreen trees forms a dark backdrop against a pale sky. In the foreground, the ground is uneven and covered with low-lying vegetation, rocks, and a large, tangled tree root or stump on the right side. Handwritten text in cursive script reads "Fort Tongass at the bottom center of the image, "Tongas" written vertically on the left margin and "1905.17137 (143) neg available" & "143" are written vertically in the upper right margin. On the right side, within the texture of the tree root, the word "Helios" is visible. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, February 2026 .
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