PCA 97: Trevor Davis Photograph Collection, ca. 1912-1968Alaska State Library

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Davis, Trevor M.

Trevor M. Davis Photograph Collection, ca. 1912-1968

PCA 97

5 boxes / Revised by: Gladi Kulp, Mary Anne Slemmons
1613 photographs / Connie Hamann, Jacki Swearingen
Approximately 1,250 color slides / June 2000, Oct. 2006, June 2011

ACQUISITION: Between 1985 and 1987, Trevor Davis donated nearly 2,000 negatives to the State Library. Black & white contact prints were made of over 1,200 images, listed in the finding aid. In 1990, Willette Janes donated 12 carosels of color slides, taken by Trevor Davis. (Accession numbers: 1977-65, 1979-3, 1984-13, 1985-1, 1985-3, 1987-1, 1987-3, 1988-65, 1990-042.) Box 5 (Accession # 2000-31) was transferred from the Juneau Douglas City Museum on 5/2/2000.

ACCESS: The collection may be viewed. However, the images may not be photocopied.

COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

PROCESSING: The photographs are numbered and sleeved in Mylar. The color slides (approx. 1,250), sleeved in archival slide preservers, are arranged by subject and are not numbered. In 2006 identifications to photographs 1122-1139 were added to the inventory.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Trevor Davis was born to Francis Caroline (Brooks) Davis and J. Montgomery Davis on December 10, 1892 in Alameda, California. At the age of three months, he came to Juneau with his mother who had gone south for the delivery.

Trevor began taking photographs in 1912 of the Juneau area and Southeast Alaska and continued until his retirement in 1969. For twenty five years, he also owned the “Snappe Shoppe," a photography store located on Seward Street. In 1922, Trevor married Carol Beery, a musician, author and poet laureate of Alaska. One of Trevor’s more unusual possessions was a 12”x 20” negative camera that enabled him to photograph panoramic views of the Juneau area. The camera was previously owned by Ed Andrews, a Douglas photographer whose studio burned in the Douglas fire of 1937. Trevor Davis died on March 6, 1990 in Juneau, Alaska.

Trevor’s mother, Francis Davis, was an artist, originally from London, and created many paintings of Alaska, some of which are in the Alaska State Museum. Davis Street, in Juneau, is named for J. Montgomery Davis, Trevor's father, who came to Juneau in 1891 to work for the Nowell Gold Mining Company.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

In 1983 Mr. Davis donated nearly 2,000 of his negatives to the library. Black and white contact prints were made of over 1,300 of the views and they are listed below by subject, starting with number 97. The Juneau views show changes and growth as well as many activities and celebrations. The collection contains views of other communities in Alaska, Alaska native cultures, railroads, ships and glaciers. In 1990, approximately 1,250 color slides of Juneau, Sitka, Tracy Arm, and Glacier Bay were added to the collection, donated by Willette Janes.

Trevor Davis also collected views of various photographers, some known and others unidentified. Such photographs are included as sub-series of this collection or transferred to the original photographer file if the library has an established collection.

INVENTORY

BOX 1

1.Members of House of Representatives 1939. Fourteenth Alaska Legislature. Juneau, Alaska. [Group portrait]

2.Members of the Senate and Clerical force. Fourteenth Alaska Legislature 1939. [Group portrait]

3.Juneau High School. Band and Orchestra, February. 1940. [Group portrait]

4.Easter concert of Juneau Glee Clubs, 1938. [Large cross behind singers]

5.House of Representatives Fifteenth Territorial Legislature Juneau, Alaska. January-March 1941 [Group portrait]

6.Douglas and Juneau, Alaska. [General view taken from Douglas; snow covered Mt. Juneau in background] (no. 861) oversize neg

7.[General view of Juneau taken from Gastineau Avenue overlooking the city] Tinted photo

8.Alaska Indians. TakuRiver. One man in canoe, the other launching it.] (no. 126) Tinted photo

9.Second Annual S.E. Alaska Music Festival [group portrait]. (no. 14)

10.[Ernest Gruening seated at desk, with telephone in hand]

11.[C. H. LaBoyteau seated at desk, writing on lined tablet]

12.Governor and members of the Legislature Territory of Alaska,

Thirteenth Session 1937 [Standing in front of the Capitol Building]

13.Juneau, Alaska. Landslide. November 22, 1936. [Debris on street in front of Snow White Laundry]

14.Juneau, Alaska. [General view taken from ridge behind city toward Gastineau Channel; Douglas in background] (no. 241)

15.A Chief's House, Hoonah, Alaska [man on steps of house which has panel with Tlingit designs running up center of house]

16.Old Alaska Indian [full length portrait of a Tlingit Indian woman sitting on a wooden sidewalk wearing a blanket-like shawl] (no. 156)

17. An Indian Mother [woman with baby on back bending down in front of a tent] (no. 65)

18.Alaska Indians [two Indian men, one in the small boat, the other launching it] (no. 126).

19.Spearing Salmon [young Indian with hooked fish on end of a wooden pole; waterfalls in background] (no 171)

20.[View of Juneau from A-J Mill, looking toward Mt. Juneau, ca. 1935]

21. Petersburg, Alaska [view of Petersburg from the water] (no. 533)

22.Wrangell, Alaska [view of Wrangell from waterfront] (no. 534)

23.Mendenhall Glacier [face of glacier in winter; river in foreground] (no. 485)

24.Mendenhall Glacier [similar to no. 23; white caps in river]. (no. 488)

25.Taku Glacier [close up of iceberg with glacier in background] (no. 23)

26.Taku Glacier [close-up of face from water]. (no. 118)

27. Taku Glacier [clasp of face with small icebergs in water]. (no. 530)

28.Taku Glacier [clasp of face with mountains behind]. (no. 800)

29.Forest officer's meeting--Alaska Region, Feb. 4-12, 1935 [group portrait on capitol building steps].

30.Members of the Senate and Staff, 13th Session, 1937--Territory of Alaska [members standing in two rows with desks in foreground].

31.Members of House of Representatives-Thirteenth Session. 1937. Territory of Alaska [members standing in 2 rows in house chambers].

32.[House of Representatives, Territory of Alaska, 1937; includes staff members; identification on back.]

33.Members of House of Representatives and help. ]3th Session - 1937 - Territory of Alaska [similar to no.32 except for 2 additional women].

34.Douglas - Juneau, Alaska [Douglas, foreground; Juneau, beyond. ca. 1937]. (no. 867)

35.[Douglas from hill above with Juneau beyond.]

36.[Overall view of Douglas from E Street to I Street; A.J. Mill and Juneau beyond.]

37.Juneau, Alaska [view from Mt. Jumbo]. (no. 868)

38.[Juneau waterfront; Mendenhall Apts., right center.]

39.Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Mt. Juneau].

40.Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Mt. Juneau; ship leaving dock].

41.Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Mt. Juneau; ship heading out into Gastineau Channel].

42.Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Mt. Juneau].

43.Douglas Bridge and Small Boat Harbor - Juneau, Alaska [view from Mt. Roberts showing bridge and Douglas Island].

44.[View of Juneau, Douglas and Chilkat Mountains from Mt. Roberts; bridge far left.]

45.[View of Juneau, Douglas and Chilkat Mountains from Mt. Roberts; bridge, far left.]

46.[View of Juneau, Douglas and Chilkat Mountains from Mt. Roberts; bridge, far left.]

47. Douglas Bridge and Small Boat Harbor - Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Mt. Roberts].

48.[Overall view of the Douglas Bridge, Juneau and Douglas Island from Mt. Roberts.]

49.[View of Juneau and harbor from A.J. Mill; Douglas Bridge under construction, far left.] 1930's.

50.Juneau, Alaska [Capitol Building, center; Douglas Bridge under construction, far left]. 1930's.

51.Juneau, Alaska [Capitol Building left; schools, center; St. Ann's Hospital, right]. (no. 814)

52. Juneau, Alaska [view of Juneau from 4th to 7th Streets]. (no. 815)

53.Juneau, Alaska [view of Juneau from 4th to 7th Streets; includes Capitol Building, schools and St. Nicholas Church].

54.Mendenhall River, Alaska [tree lined river, foreground; Mendenhall Glacier, beyond]. (no. 4)

55.Auk [Auke] Lake [Mendenhall Glacier reflected in lake]. (no. 705)

56.Auk [Auke] Lake [Mendenhall Glacier, center; reflected in lake]. (no. 810)

57.Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska [face of glacier reflected in Mendenhall Lake]. (no. 872)

58.Auk [Auke] Lake and Mendenhall Glacier [lake, foreground with glacier beyond]. (no. 873)

59.Mendenhall Glacier and Lake by Moonlight [glacier beyond lake].

60.Taku Glaciers, Alaska [looking across Taku Inlet at two glaciers, left and right.] (no. 100)

61.Taku Glacier - Alaska [close-up of glacier face and ice berg]. (no. 612)

62.Face of Taku Glacier - Alaska [close-up of a portion of glacier face]. (no. 620)

63."Evening" S.E. Alaska [mountains and clouds reflected in water]. (no. 39)

64."Evening" Shadows in Alaska [heavy clouds, center and right; sunlight reflected on water, left]. (no. 55)

65.Wrangell Alaska [view from the water; small boats, foreground]. (no. 532).

66.Mt. Edgecumbe [scenic of Mt. Edgecumbe]. (no. 173).

67. Cascade Falls [water tumbling down between wooded slopes]. (no. 535).

68.Cascade Falls [closer view of falls]. (no. 536)

69.Sunset. Pirate Cove, Alaska [trees, left; setting sun reflecting in water, right]. (no. 42)

70.Sunset on Lynn Canal, Alaska [sun reflecting on water, left; dark clouds, right]. (no. 45)

71.An Indian Mother - Alaska [woman, with baby on back, near tent entrance]. (no. 63) same as #17, #1144 has negative.

72 .Governor and Members of Legislature - Territory of Alaska. 13th Session - 1937 [group portrait on steps of CapitolBuilding].

[No. 73x -- 96x are 12"x 20" photographs and are located in PCA Oversize – PCA 97]

73x. Douglas and Juneau, Alaska [Douglas in foreground with Juneau beyond.] ca. 1937. (no. 10)

74x. Juneau, Alaska [overall view from Gastineau Channel; A.J. Mill, extreme right].

75x. Juneau, Alaska [overall view from water with Douglas Bridge (1st) on left and A.J. Mill, right]. (no. 16)

76x. Juneau, Alaska [overall view from water with A.J. Mill buildings right, foreground]. (no. 20)

77x.Juneau, Alaska [view of Juneau from the rock dump; bridge (1st) far left]. (no. 21)

78x.Juneau, Alaska [looking down on Juneau from above Gastineau Ave; bridge (1st) far left]. (no. 22)

79x. Juneau, Alaska [overall view of Juneau from Douglas Island beach; A.J. Mill, right]. (no. 23)

80x. Juneau, Alaska [waterfront view with bridge (1st) far left]. (no. 24)

81x. Juneau, Alaska [looking down on Juneau from A.J. Mill; bridge (1st) left]. (no. 25)

82x. Juneau, Alaska [Juneau, Douglas Bridge and North Douglas from A.J. Mill]. (no. 42)

83x. Juneau, Alaska [view of Juneau from A.J. Mill; Capitol Building, center]. (no. 1)

84x. Juneau By Night [overall view with lights in buildings and on bridge].

85x. Mendenhall Glacier and Auk [Auke] Lake [curving gravel road, foreground; lake and glacier beyond]. (no. 5)

86x. Auk [Auke] Lake and Mendenhall Glacier [trees on edge of lake, foreground; glacier beyond]. (no. 6)

87x. Auk [Auke] Lake and Mendenhall Glacier [mirror-like reflection of glacier and mountain peaks in Auke Lake]. (no. 11)

88x. Auk [Auke] Lake and Mendenhall Glacier [glacier and mountain peaks reflected in lake; grass, foreground]. (no. 12)

89x. Mendenhall Glacier and Lake [face of glacier from shore of Mendenhall lake]. (no. 43)

90x. Mendenhall Glacier and River [swiftly flowing river, foreground; glacier beyond]. (no. 4)

91x. Mendenhall Glacier - Alaska [side view of glacier showing new calving and ice bergs at left]. (no. 40)

92x. Mendenhall Glacier - Alaska [ice cave, center, foreground; glacier ice flowing right to left]. (no. 41)

93x. Taku Glacier, Alaska [face of glacier from opposite side of Taku Inlet]. (no. 13)

94x. Taku Glacier, Alaska [face of glacier from Taku Inlet; closer view than no. 93x]. (no. 14)

95x. Taku Glacier, Alaska [glacier face from across Taku Inlet]. (no. 30)

96x.[Panorama of snowcapped Chilkat Mountains; Lynn Canal (?), foreground; tree branches, top.]

97-107.[Juneau aerial views, 1938-1949.]

108-117.[Juneau at night, 1934-1940.]

118-126.[Waterfront, Juneau, 1936-1959.]

127-140.[Juneau from Douglas Island, 1910-1950.]

141-157.[Looking down Gastineau Channel from Mt. Juneau, 1910-1941.]

158-161.[Mt. Roberts, 1930's.]

162-197.[Juneau looking west, from above Gastineau Avenue, 1917-1945.]

198-206. Closer downtown Juneau views, 1913, 1956.]

207-213.[Juneau street scenes, 1936-1941.]

214-221.[Snow scenes, Juneau streets, 1948-1968.]

222-224.[Federal Building (Capitol Building after 1958), 1938-1940.]

225-232.[Governor's Mansion, 1915-1968.]

233-234.[U.S. Court Building, 1930-1938.]

235-243.[Construction and dedication of Alaska Office Building, 1946-1953. During the 2002 50th year celebration of the office building, the following were identified in photo #241: left to right, Henry Roden, J. Gerald Williams, Emmett Botelho, ?, Ernest Gruening, Frank Metcalf, ?, ?. Also in #242 and #239 (reversed)]

244-246.[Juneau City Hall on Main Street at 4th, 1920-1950's.]

247.[U.S. Post Office, Juneau. ca. 1915.]

248-256.[Juneau Schools, 1913-1956.]

257-259.[St. Ann's Hospital, 1936-1937.]

260. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1940's.

261-263.[Shrine of St. Therese.]

264. Father Kashaveroff [Kashevaroff] at alter of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 1937.

265.Northern Light Presbyterian Church, 4th and Franklin Streets.

266-268.[Juneau Memorial Library]

269-274.[Juneau buildings]

275-278.[Juneau Subport 1943]

279-310.[Sports and special events including swimming, skating, skiing, hunting, baseball, music festival, high school picnic, and Auke Lake/Auke Bay Recreation areas, 1913-1940]

311-351.[Salmon derbies, 1951-1959]

352-390. [Parades, 1938-1959, including 4th of July Statehood parade]

391-396.[Statehood celebration, Juneau, July 4, 1959]

397-402. Dedication [St. Ann's Nursing Home (?)]

403.[Banquet, Baranof Hotel, 1939]

404.[Juneau Fire Department fighting a fire]

405-419.[Landslide, Gastineau Ave., 1936.]

420-426.[Snow slide above Glacier Highway, 1962.]

427-437.[Thane, Thane Road and Juneau, 1915-1962]

438-460.[Douglas Bridge, 1934-1940 (?)]

461-464[City of Douglas, 1914-1947]

BOX 2

465-467 [City of Douglas, 1914-1947]

468-472.[Treadwell, 1917-1918]

473.[Douglas Island, 1940.]

474-488.[Auke Lake, 1919-1940]

489-554.[Mendenhall Glacier, 1912-1958.]

555-559.[Chapel-By-The-Lake Presbyterian Church, exterior and interior views; log building]

560. First Chapel-By-The-Lake Church [on hill above Glacier Highway]

561-563.[Juneau Airport, 1940-1944.]

564-571.[Juneau Airport dedication, 1949]

572-576.[Juneau Airport, ca. 1940]

577-586.[Construction to enlarge Juneau Airport, 1953] 12/21/11 – photographs 581,582, 585 have been printed in reverse.

589-611.1st Air Mail, Juneau-Fairbanks, May 3, 1938 [views of ceremony]

612.[Boats at rock dump float, 1935]

613-624.[Building the Harris Boat Harbor, 1938]

625-628. Harris Boat Harbor [overall and aerial views, 1940-1942]

629-632.6" ice in Harris Harbor, 1946

633-636. [Harris Boat Harbor, 1947-1948]

637-640. Harris Harbor, winter 1948 [snow on boats and floats]

641-645.[Boats in Harris Harbor, including fishing boats]

646-653.[Fishing boats, including halibut boats and yachts, at Juneau dock, 1912-1941]

654. Juneau Ferry "Amy", 1913 [in Gastineau Channel]

655.Union Oil Dock, Juneau, 1938 [fishing boat OCEANIC at dock]

656-659. Ice on Mail Boat ESTEBETH, 1/28/47 [in Gastineau channel]

660-661. Fishing Boats in Auke Bay, 1935

662-668.[Fishing boats, including salmon trollers, 1925-1940]

669. Steamboat on Lynn Canal [distant view]

670-679. Chas. Goldstein's fox farm, Mendenhall Valley, 1938 [pens, foxes, people feeding foxes] [should be Charles Ruby’s farm, per Jim Geraghty, 3/6/06]

680-691. [A.J. Mill on Mt. Roberts, including night views; rock dump; power house, 1916-1953 (?)]

692-693. A.J. Engineering Drawing, 1911 (?) [lines and written notes on photograph].

694-696. Juneau Sawmill, 1953 [as seen from hill above]

697-704. Silver Bow Basin, 1914-1938 [includes Ebner Falls]

705-717. Auke Bay, 1919-1980 [includes fishing boats and recreational area]

718. Bridge over Gold Creek, 1915 [turbulent water, foreground]

719-726. Gastineau Channel views, 1914-1940 [includes Taku winds view]

727-729.[Fritz Cove Road, 1940's]

730-734.[Inspiration Point, Glacier Highway, including sunsets, 1936-1948]

735-761.[Glacier Highway scenes including summer and winter views, houses, bridges and people, 1916-1950]

762-771.[Juneau area views including Berner's River, Eagle River, Juneau, and Salmon Creek, 1912-1940]

772-774. U.S. Army Planes [on Mendenhall Flats, 1937 (?)] [August 16, 1934 per Jim Geraghty Jan. 2014] Similar views

775.[Coal bunker, Juneau wharf, 1914]

776-777.[Men near plane before first PAA (Pacific American Airways) flight to Fairbanks] Similar views

778-799.[Anchorage area views including streets, buildings, floods, air field and Providence Hospital, ca. 1939-1945]

800-810.[Bays, lakes, streams and waterfalls on Baranof Island 1915-1928.]

811-816. [Circle City and Circle Hot Springs 1939-1944]

817-828.[Cordova, 1920-1947]

829-830.[Eagle and Yukon River below Eagle, 1939]

831-839. Fairbanks and surrounding areas; delegates to American Legion Convention, 1939]

840-847. Mining at Ester Creek, Sept. 1939

848-862.[Haines Port Chilkoot, Haines Highway, Chilkat River, 1938-1944.]

863.[Tlingit houses at Kake] per Robert Shaw, 2-28-2006

864-869.[Hoonah and Hoonah (?) fire views, 1915-1944]

870-871. [Kake and surrounding area]

870-873.[Old house at Kassan; Kassan from water]

874-905.[Ketchikan and vicinity 1928-1938]

906-907.[Klukwan woman and smoke house, 1940]

908-913.[Mt. McKinley cabins, hotel, scenics. 1939]

914-915. Port Alexander, 1928

916-920.[San Juan cannery, Prince William Sound, 1943-1946]

Note from A. W. Hall: the cannery in 918 is actually the Port Ashton cannery

921-931.[Glaciers and bays, Prince William Sound, 1943-1946]

932-937. Fishing Boat "TEAL" [Prince William Sound]

938-939. "Capt. O'Brien" [ship in Prince William Sound]

940-941.[M.V. JUNIOR, San Juan cannery tender, Prince William Sound, 1946.]

942. Otto Kopen's Boat on Prince William Sound, 1942 [at anchor]

943-949.[Scenics, Prince William Sound, 1939]

950-953.[Seward and Resurrection Bay, 1944]

954-955. Indian Graves, Shakan, 1925

956.Sitka view 1936 [from water]

957. Pioneer Statue, 1939 [Sitka]

958-959.[St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka]

960. Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, Sitka. 1950

961-962.[Sitka deer and boat harbor]

963-965.[Russian boundary marker, Sitka]

966-1002. [Sitka area scenes including Pioneers Home and statue, boat harbors, Goddard Hot Springs, and scenics, 1916-1950]

1003-1005.[Skagway street car and Blanchard's flower garden, 1939]

1006-1009. Old Indian Village, Suckwan [Sukkwan]

1010-1030. [Taku Harbor, Taku Inlet, Taku River, Taku Glacier, 1914-1965]

1081. Sunset-Tenakee Inlet, 1915. Dark print

1082-1090.Tenakee, 4th of July. 1922

1091-1097.[Valdez, September 1939]

BOX 3

1098-1100. Whittier Sawmill [exterior views]

1101-1104.[Wrangell and surrounding areas, 1920-1925]

1105. Alert Bay Totems - B.C. [people, foreground; houses and totems beyond]

1106. Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. 1913 [exterior view]

1107-1108.[Dawson City, Y.T., 1939]

1110-1116.[Yukon River at Whitehorse; Dawson; and Five Finger Canyon, 1939]

1117-1118.[Wood chopper's cabin on Yukon River, 1939]

1119. Yukon River, 1939 [stacked wood on shore]

1120. Robert Service’s cabin, 1939 [exterior view]

1121. Sunset, mouth of Stewart River, 1939 [steamboat, left center]

1122Tammie Buckley, Kantisna. She had mine near McKinley Park 1939

1123Mrs. George T. Snow

1124-1125.[Informal portraits - women and girls]

1126Goodman Jensen – Juneau miner

1127B.M. Behrends

1128Nels Peterson – Juneau fisherman

1129Eskimo man

1130Henry Moser at Pioneer’s Home – Sitka

1131Verso: Elmer Friend – Managing Editor Empire

1132Prince Wm. Sound Aboard “Junior” (?)

1133-1134Basement of old A.B. Hall about 1940 [men eating]

1135-1136People in store (Behrends?)

1137Prince Wm. Sound fishermen

1138-1139.[Informal group portraits]

1140-1146.[Tlingit Indian camps including Taku River area, 1920-1922]

1144.Native woman with baby at Taku River, 1922 – neg.

1147-1149.[Tlingit girls, Hoonah]

1150. Tlingit Woman, 1916 [seated on wooden sidewalk]

1151. Old Tlingit woman at Klukwan [seated on log]

1152-1156. [Informal portraits of Tlingit children]

1157.[Tlingit men in canoe, Juneau]

1158. Tlingit Man, 1916 [standing on wooden walk]

1159. Tlingit Boy Hooking Salmon, 1928 [standing on edge of turbulent water]

1160-1168.[Tlingit camps, salmon drying activities, and boats, 1915-1922]

1169-1175. [Tlingit Camp at Auke Bay, 1915]

1176. Remains of Old Taku Village 12 mile S. of Juneau, 1914 [view from water]

1177-1178.[Moccasins and baskets made by Tlingit Indians]

1179-1189.[Totems at various locations; includes totem at Governor's Mansion]

1190-1198.[Salmon, 1940-1946]

1199.Dungeness crab in boat, 1919

1200-1202.Herring Fishing, 1928 [Old Herring Pond, Indian Cove near Auke Bay (Rosa Miller 4/1993)]

1203-1204.[Trout]

1205-1206.[Blue Fox farm, Sumdum Island, 1935]

1207-1208.Ptarmigan

1209.[Seagulls on rocks]

1210-1211.[Stuffed wolverine outside Juneau fur shop]

1212-1213.[Bears, including cubs]

1214-1216.[Deer]

1217.Young moose [being fed by a woman]

1218.[Racks of various wild animals]

1219.Alaska Dog Team [owned by Frank Dufresne. 1925]

1220-1222.[Husky puppies, 1935-1950]

1223-1224.Patsy Anne [Juneau dog who met ships]