William "Buzz" Mitchell photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1912-1918.

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William "Buzz" Mitchell photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1912-1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56995624

The collection contains photographs of Anchorage, Fort Liscum, Fairbanks, Iditarod, Ruby, mining activities and the Copper River Northwestern Railway, primarily by photographer, Basil Clemons.

145 photographs : b&w.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758926

Alaska State Library

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Mitchell, Buzz (William)

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The photographer, Basil E. Clemons, came to Alaska in 1909 and photographed gold mining camps, Native Alaskans, and dogsled races among other subjects. In 1918, he moved to Seattle and established a photograph studio which was later destroyed by fire. He continued his career in Breckinridge, Texas, developing photographs in a gypsy wagon without running water or electricity, utilizing techniques largely unknown to the photographic profession. In 1936 he turned down an offer from Eastman Kodak Co...

Clemons, Basil

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Basil Edwin Clemons (1887-1964) was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama, and raised in Alabama and Texas. In 1903 he moved to California, eventually becoming a photographer in Hollywood. In 1909 he traveled to Alaska, where he spent nearly a decade photographing gold mining camps, Alaska Natives, and dogsled races, particularly in the Ruby and Iditarod regions. During World War I he joined the Army and trained at Fort Liscum, near Valdez, Alaska. Following his discharge in 1918, he moved to Seatt...