Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:
Drawings by John A. Fuller that document Sitka and other locations in Alaska, 1867, as well as a drawing of a lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, 1866-1867. Images of Sitka, Alaska, include overviews of the city and landscape, as well as several structures that include St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church, a hospital, a sawmill, and the residence of Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis. Depictions of other places in Alaska include a fishing station fifteen miles south of Sitka and a Native American outpost on Wrangell Island.
Description:
John A. Fuller (1828-1909) was a miner, merchant, and politician, with mining and business interests in California and Alaska. He served as a postmaster and surveyor in Sitka from 1867 to circa 1870. He later became a city councilman and mayor of Napa, California. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works. and Sitka (Alaska)--Pictorial works.
James D. Hutton collection of drawings and photographs.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 14
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Four salted paper prints made during the Raynolds expedition of 1859-1860 depicting Laramie Hills with tipis in the foreground; a fort, possibly Fort Union; two sets of group portraits of Arapahos, one of them of Arapaho chiefs Eagle Head, Split-nose, Little Owl, and Friday. There are 17 drawings by Hutton, 11 of them of western views, most probably made during the Raynolds expedition, depicting Fort Sarpy on the Yellowstone; Eagle Creek on the upper Missouri River; the valley of Wind River; Red Canon Creek, Big Horn Mountains; and Lodge Pole Peak and Crow Peak in the Black Hills. There are nine other drawings present, six by three other identified artists: R. W. Ingle, W. Taylor, Jr., and William Rich Hutton, James' brother. The drawing by William Rich Hutton is a view of San Francisco. Accompanied by a document made out to Miss Ellen S. Hutton in thanks for her work as church organist.
Description:
Accompanied by a container list., James D. Hutton headed the photographic unit of the 1856-1860 expedition led by Captain William Franklin Raynolds to the Yellowstone and the Wind River Mountains., and See also Hutton photographs in the William Franklin Raynolds Papers, WA MSS 393.
