Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 25
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River (1871-1873); author of the Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, and numerous other books.
Description:
Some of photographic contact sheets and prints from original negatives not included in Beinecke Library Digital Images Online.
"Souvenir of our trip to Alaska on the Ancon. Sept. 1885." on cover of album. Photograph album of a trip to Alaska on the Steamship "Ancon" in September, 1885, containing commercial views of Glacier Bay, Sitka, Harrisburg, Kassan Bay, Holcolmb Bay, an Ind
Alaska--Pictorial works, Chilkoot Pass--Pictorial works, Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Pictorial works, and Yukon Territory --Pictorial works
Photographs of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
Container / Volume:
Folder 7
Image Count:
2
Description:
The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, also known as "the Moffat Road" after its creator David Moffat, crossed the Continental Divide over Rollins Pass, northwest of Denver, Colorado. Construction began in 1903, and the line reached Steamboat Sprin
At St. Michael’s Island, there are views of the trading station, the Greek church and Russian block house, the buildings of the Alaska Commercial Company, and natives in camp., In Sitka, there are views of the Greek Church, the governor’s house and other public buildings, and of native women curio sellers who turn their backs to avoid having their pictures taken., Photograph album and loose photographs of a voyage to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, including views of St. George and Kings Island, seals on St. Paul’s Island, the mission school, a native boat race, walrus hunting and related activities on Cape Prince of Wales, the Bering Straits and natives and landscapes of the Siberian coast, the Indian River, and views of floating ice in the Arctic Ocean., and Some views are commercially produced, though most appear to be personal photographs. There are individual and group portraits of the crews, passengers and officers of several ships, both on board and on shore, and a listing of the crew of the Bear appears on the fly leaf of the album. The photographs also record whalers and other ships encountered along the way.
Description:
Alfred L. Broadbent (A.L.B.?) was an engineer on the U.S.S. Bear, a revenue cutter active in the Arctic during the 1890s. and Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. Album photographs measure 11.2 x 19.5 cm. and are all inscribed with the initials "A.L.B."
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works, Pribilof Islands (Alaska) --Pictorial works, and Sitka (Alaska) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bear (Ship) and Broadbent, Alfred L
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, and Sealing --Alaska --Pictorial works
Alfred L. Broadbent (A.L.B.?) was an engineer on the U.S.S. Bear, a revenue cutter active in the Arctic during the 1890s. and Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. Of the loose photographs, most are inscribed with the initials "A.L.B" with the exception of single images credited to Curtis of Seattle, T. Saiki, and McMurry of Port Townsend, Washington Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works and Unalaska (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Bear (Ship), Broadbent, Alfred L, and World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Also included are portraits of school children at the mission school at Unalaska, and of native Aleutes [sic] and Esquimo [sic] aboard ship and in villages and of their dwellings, boats and totems. and Some views are commercially produced, though most appear to be personal photographs. There are individual and group portraits of the crews, passengers and officers of several ships, both on board and on shore, and a listing of the crew of the Bear appears on the fly leaf of the album. The photographs also record whalers and other ships encountered along the way.
Description:
Alfred L. Broadbent (A.L.B.?) was an engineer on the U.S.S. Bear, a revenue cutter active in the Arctic during the 1890s. and Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. Of the loose photographs, most are inscribed with the initials "A.L.B" with the exception of single images credited to Curtis of Seattle, T. Saiki, and McMurry of Port Townsend, Washington Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works and Unalaska (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Bear (Ship) and Broadbent, Alfred L
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
