John D. Urban collection, 1923, 1925.

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John D. Urban collection, 1923, 1925.

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The collection consists of 6 photograph albums (26 x 31 cm.-29 x 39 cm.) containing 772 (7 x 4 cm.-21 x 26 cm., b&w, some hand tinted col.) photographic prints. The majority of the photographs were taken about 1925 when Urban was a tourist agent for the Alaska Railroad. The albums were used by Urban to show Alaska to prospective railroad tourists. The photographs of President Harding were taken when he visited Alaska to drive the golden spike at Nenana in 1923. The photographs include images of the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks concentrating on wrecks and bridges, Governor Parks playing golf, a Fokker taking off, Sydney Laurence paintings, sled dog teams, Mount McKinley, the riverboat "Alice," glaciers, Alaskan wildlife, pelts, fish, hunting, and fishing. Also included are commercial photos, many hand-tinted by John Urban, of scenes throughout Alaska. Other photographs include those by Cann of the Fairbanks Agricultural Experiment Farm and those by Guy Cameron, hand-tinted, of Sanctuary Creek Camp at McKinley Park, Chitina, Gulkana, Anchorage, tidewater glaciers, and miscellaneous other Alaskan subjects.

6 albums (772 photographic prints) ; 29 x 39 cm. or smaller.772 photographic prints : b&w, some hand-tinted ; 7 x 4 cm.-21 x 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7952022

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