Asa C. Baldwin photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1905-1943.

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Asa C. Baldwin photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1905-1943.

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Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of the Yellow Band Gold Mine, the Bremner Mining Co. camp, Sheriff Mine, glaciers, Native Alaskans, and scenics. Other photographers represented in the collection include: F.H. Nowell, E.A. Hegg, E.C. Guerin, T.C. Dennis, and Curtis and Miller.

3 albums (288 photoprints) : b&w.430 photographs : b&w.131 glass lantern slides : b&w, col.104 slides : b&w, col.

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Guerin, E. C.

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Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948

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Eric A. Hegg was born in Bollnas, Sweden, in 1868 and came to America with his parents when he was three years old, settling in Wisconsin. Hegg studied art and photography (possibly as an apprentice to a local photographer). At fifteen, he opened his own studio in Washburn, Wisconsin. At the age of twenty-one, Hegg moved to the Puget Sound area, and by 1897, he owned two photo studios in Bellingham Bay, Washington. In that year, he left for the gold fields with a group of men from Bellingham Bay...

Yellow Band Gold Mines, Inc.

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Curtis & Miller

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Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950

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Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) was a photographer who worked in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. He was the official photographer of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. From the description of Frank H. Nowell photographs of the Northwest and Alaska, circa 1880s-1920s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 179780507 Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) was born on 19 February in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His father, Thomas Nowell, spent part of each year in Alaska for b...

Baldwin, Asa Columbus, 1887-1942

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Asa Columbus Baldwin was born in Austinburg, Ohio, in 1887. He received a B.A. in Civil and Mining Engineering from Case University, Ohio, and a B.S. in law from George Washington University. He was married to Lillian Louise Smith from 1917 until her death in 1933. They had 3 children. In 1935 he married Marguerite Holliday. Asa Baldwin had an extensive career as a civil engineer, surveyor, consulting engineer, and lecturer. He assisted in the first U.S. government marine survey of Kodiak and th...

Dennis, T. C.

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