Johnson, Albert J.

Albert J. Johnson was born in Denmark in 1880 and immigrated to the United States after he was orphaned. He arrived in Fairbanks in 1905 and worked as a photographer there until 1914. In 1910, he married Jennie Landers and their daughter, Alice, was born in 1912. In 1914, the family moved to California to farm. From 1916-1918, however, Johnson worked in Alaska as an official government photographer for the Alaska Engineering Commission. These photographs depict the creation of Nenana as a townsite. Johnson also took a number of photographs of the Nome area and the daily lives of the Native people living there. By 1919, Johnson and his family had moved to Oakland, California where he operated a portrait gallery. In 1923, Johnson was diagnosed with throat cancer and died in 1926 at age 47.

From the description of Albert Johnson photographs, 1905-1919. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 495877436

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