Herbert Wendell Gleason photographic negatives of Alaska, 1901-1926.

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Herbert Wendell Gleason photographic negatives of Alaska, 1901-1926.

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Most of the photographs in this series were taken during Gleason's first trip to Alaska in 1901. Scenes from his ocean voyage on board the "Queen" include glimpses of Killisnoo, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell. Other subjects include the old Russian Block House and Trading Post in Sitka; and a train wreck in White Pass. Native American images include canoes, an Indian chief and totem pole, native women selling baskets, and a totem pole in a cemetery. Natural features include: Chatham Strait, Davidson Glacier, Glacier Bay, Icy Strait, Muir Glacier, Patterson Glacier, Peril Strait, icebergs, and storm clouds. More than half of the images in this series are copies photographed from various sources. Copies were made from photographs by pioneer photographers: Asahel and Edward S. Curtis, Frank La Roche, Frank H. Nowell, Winter & Pond (Lloyd Winter and E. Percy Pond); from John Muir sketches; from books about Arctic exploration; from government reports from officers on board U.S. Revenue Cutters; and from the Alaskan Railroad, and other sources.

56 photonegatives : glass ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller.56 photonegatives : film ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Gleason, Herbert Wendell, 1855-1937

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Photographer. From the description of The Canadian Rockies : photograph album, [ca. 1910]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 15507820 Landscape photographer. From the description of Robbins collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason photographic negatives of images taken in 1902 of Concord, Mass. [graphic], 1902. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39847760 From the description of Robbins collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason photograph...