PCA 292: Trip to Alaska Aboard the S.S. Admiral Rogers, ca. 1931 Alaska State Library
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Trip to Alaska Aboard the S.S. Admiral Rogers, ca. 1931
PCA 292
31 photographs, b&w / Processed by: StaffUpdated by: Jacki Swearingen, Apr. 2017
ACQUISITION: The collection was found in a garage and donated by Lucille S. Brown, of San Diego, California, July 13, 1987.
ACCESS: The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.
PROCESSING: The collection has been described at the item level. All photographs have been placed in Mylar and then into an acid free folder.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
This small collection of 3x4 in. and smaller, black & white photographs records a family’s trip to Alaska aboard the Pacific Steamship Company’s S.S. Admiral Rogers. No information is available regarding the family. The collection contains both snapshots and commercially produced, Winter & Pond scenics.
INVENTORY
1-2. Canadian lakes and falls.
3. Bridal Veil Falls.
4. San Francisco.
5. Our “Papa” [two men standing next to S.S. Admiral Rogers lifeboat No. 3]
6. Taking the air on the Admiral Rogers [group of women on deck chairs]
7. Sitka.
8. Totem poles at Wrangell [group of women in front of Bear Totem Store]
9. Petersburg & Wrangell Narrows, Alaska. Photo by Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
10. Wrangell, Alaska. Photo by Winter Pond Co. Juneau.
11. Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo by Winter & Pond Co. Juneau.
12. Indian Village, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond, Juneau.
13. Auk Lake & Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
14. Juneau & Gastineau Channel, Alaska. Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
15. Taku Glacier, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond Co. Juneau.
16. An Iceberg from Taku Glacier.
17. Sitka Pier [Sitka Cold Storage Company building in background]
18. Sheldon Jackson Museum.
19. [Woman in fur coat standing on a beach]
20. Douglas, Alaska. Photo by Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
21. Mountain Glacier, Alaska. Photo by Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
22. Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
23-24. Petersburg and surroundings [pictures of docks]
25. Taku Maid. ©Winter Pond, Juneau. [nude woman posed in front of icebergs in front of glacier]
26. Wrangell.
27. Wrangell Narrows and Blinkers.
28. Skagway, Alaska.
29. Chilkoot Barracks & Haines, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
30. Norris Glacier, Alaska. Photo by Winter Pond, Juneau.
31. Mount Edgecumbe, Alaska. ©Winter & Pond Co., Juneau.
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