Ryland and Lillian Becker photograph collection [graphic], 1890-1901.

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Ryland and Lillian Becker photograph collection [graphic], 1890-1901.

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The photographs, from the 1890's to the 1900's, are part of a photograph album which also contains images from Egypt. The Alaskan images include Sitka, the Greek Russian Orthodox Church in Sitka, Muir Glacier, mining activities in Nome and some of images of the Beckers. Information in brackets was supplied by the librarian.

104 photographs : b&w.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775248

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Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡.

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St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (Sitka, Alaska)

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Becker, Ryland.

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Ryland Johnson Becker, born in Watertown, NY, came to Alaska with his brother, Julian, in the 1890's to mine for gold. He also took the census for the Northern district, Nome area, in 1900. After corresponding with Ryland in Alaska, Lillian D. Curran, of Rochester, left New York for Alaska in 1898 and married him in Sitka on November 24, 1898. Lillian remained in Sitka when Ryland went north to Nome in 1899 and was was alone when their daughter, Dorothy Alden, was born in Sitka January 12, 1900....