Photograph albums of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service in Alaska and Siberia
Image Count:
142
Abstract:
Photograph albums of images created by Alfred L. Broadbent of landscapes, wildlife, ships, and individuals primarily in Alaska and Siberia, ca. 1885-1892, and probably printed by the photograph gallery of Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco, California.
Description:
Manuscript captions on individual photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, British Columbia, Chernofsky Harbor (Alaska), Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Siberia (Russia), Sitka (Alaska), and Washintgon (State)
Subject (Topic):
Aleuts, Arctic peoples, Children, Dwellings, Eskimos, Glaciers, Indians of North America, Landscape photography, Salmon canning industry, Sealing, Ships, Totem poles, and Whaling
Title and place of publication from item., Date from copy in Bibliothèque nationale de France, website viewed 3/22/2023: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90138505.item#, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Affiches Artistiques Lemercier St r. de Seine, Paris and Imprimeries Lemercier
Subject (Topic):
Convulsions in children, Patent medicines, Children, and Putti
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poems, including numerous occasional verses addressed to friends, family members, and their children. Titles include "Ode to the Ship, in which Mr. F J. H. Wollaston sails," "A Lilliputian Ode, on my little Friend, Richard Burney, putting on Breeches," "Buxom Het, an excellent new song to an old Tune: a Soldier & a Sailor, a Tinker & a Tailor, etc., made on Mrs. Esther Burney," and "Occasional Prologue to the Good Natured Man, a Comedy; when acted by Ladies and Gentlemen for their diversion."
Description:
Incomplete index in back of manuscript., Laid in: poem, in same hand, titled "To my little friend Charles Wollaston, on his being put into Breeches.", and Binding: boards, vellum spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1757-1817., Burney family., Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774., and Wollaston, Francis John Hyde, 1762-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Drama, English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, and Social life and customs
