PCA 481: Alaska, Southeast & Yukon Slide Collection, ca. 1970sAlaska State Library

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Alaska, Southeast & Yukon Slide Collection, ca. 1970s

PCA 481

64 slides, colorProcessed by: Ken Nail, Jr., LAM

October 2007

ACQUISITION: Donated by the AllegenyCountyMuseum via the AlaskaStateMuseum to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections and accessioned September 2, 2004 (#2004-045).

ACCESS: Unrestricted.

COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

PROCESSING: Collection is described at an item level. Slides are housed in mylar slide sleeves.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

The 64 slides in this collection were taken during the 1970s and depict locations in Southeast Alaska and the Yukon. Most of the slides are commercially produced and are part of a series depicting “The Inside Passage.” Subjects range from fishing to specific locations such as glaciers, Baranoff Warm Springs, and Carcross, Skagway, Juneau, and Chatham Strait.

INVENTORY

01Salmon Fishing Fleet, Sitka [244-28]

02Indian Dances, AlertBay [299-2]

03Indian Dances, AlertBay [299-4]

04Carcross, Alaska

05A Fishing Boat

06Baranoff Warm Springs [244-24]

07BaranoffRiver and Baranoff Warm Springs [244-23]

08Stormy Sky over ChathamStrait [244-21]

09John Hopkins Glacier, Glacier BayNational Monument [244-11]

10Upper end of Reid Inlet, Glacier BayNational Monument [244-9]

11Barges carrying many trailer homes

12Blanche and Miss Becker

13Dawes Glacier, Tracy Arm [244-1]

14Reid Glacier, Glacier BayNational Monument [244-8]

15One of nicest residential streets of Juneau.

16Juneau, Alaska Street Scene [4F-3]

17Juneau, Alaska, AlaskaStateMuseum [4F-4]

18Juneau, Alaska, Governor’s Mansion [4F-1]

19Juneau, Alaska, Shrine of St. Therese

20Sunset, JuneauHarbor [244-16]

21Fish Cannery in Juneau [244-10]

22Alaska Weather Near Juneau [244-14]

23Loading Lumber at Juneau

24Barge Load of Lumber

25Totem at Ferry Dock [3P-5]

26At SaxmanPark

27Totem Poles in SaxmanPark, Ketchikan, Alaska [3P-1]

28Rock Oyster Totem, Ketchikan, Alaska [3P-2]

29Three Bears Totem Poled, SaxmanPark, Ketchikan, Alaska [3P-4]

30Mendenhall Glacier

31AukeLake and Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau [244-12]

32Rainy Forest

33Approaching Sawyer Glacier

34Sawyer Glacier

35North Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm [4A—2]

36“Where boat turned at end of Tracy Arm”

37“I should have danced all night”

38Skagway, Alaska [3T-5]

39White Pass & Yukon R. R.; Narrow Gauge Train.

40View along train route near Skagway.

41From train on way to LakeBennett.

42LakeLindeman; WP and Y Route.

43LakeBennett & Tracks.

44South of Lake Bennett; WP and Y Route.

45LakeBennett & old church in distance.

46Into the Yukon Territory; White Pass & Yukon R. R.

47Skagway, Alaska; A & BBuilding.

48Skagway, Alaska; First Cabin Built in 1887.

49Skagway, Alaska; Frank H. Reid Grave.

50Skagway, Alaska; Soapy Smith Grave.

51Dance at Skagway.

52Sea Serpent and Bear Up Mountain Totems, Wrangell, Alaska.

53Detail of Sun Totem, Tlingit Indian Homes in Background, Wrangell, Alaska

54Carcross, Alaska; LakeBennett.

55Carcross, Alaska; LakeBennett.

56Carcross, Alaska; The Duchess.

57Carcross, Alaska; Old and New Boats

58Detail of totem pole, SitkaNational Monument [244-25]

59Battle of Alaska sign, SitkaNational Monument [244-27]

60Fifty-foot high Frog Woman Totem Pole, Sitka.

61Dwarf Dogwood in Tundra, Mt.McKinley Nat’l Park, Alaska.

62Fireweed in Bloom, Yukon River, Yukon, Alaska [3D-4]

63Sitka Rose; Sitka, Alaska. [3D-5]

64Overview of City, Sitka [244-29].

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