George Hillar photograph collection, 1904-1914.

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George Hillar photograph collection, 1904-1914.

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The George Hillar Photograph Collection, containing 115 images, is notable for the number of Alaskan roadhouses represented: Wortman's, Beaver Dam, Summit, Ptarmigan Drop, Tonsina, and Kennedys. The photographs, primarily from the Valdez, Alaska, region, also include views of Valdez itself, the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail, freighting by the Valdez Transportation Co., gold mining, glaciers, and railroad operations. Many of the images are by photographer P. S. Hunt.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7803856

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Hunt, P. S. (Phinney S.), 1866-1917

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P.S. Hunt was born in Michigan April 24, 1866. He married Rose Frazer of Ashtabula, Ohio, March 29, 1888, and they moved to California. In 1898, Hunt left California, his wife, and two sons and moved to Valdez, Alaska. He became the official photographer of the Alaska Engineering Commission in 1915. Hunt was Deputy Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. in Alaska, and a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 7. He died suddenly in Seward Oct. 14, 1917. From the description of P.S. Hunt ph...

Hillar, George.

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