PCA 423: Jacques and Marion Jacobsen Collection, Ca. 1882-1973

PCA 423: Jacques and Marion Jacobsen Collection, ca. 1882-1973Alaska State Library

Alaska State Library

Historical Collections

Jacobsen, Jacques N. and Marion M., Collectors

Jacques and Marion Jacobsen Collection, ca. 1882-1967

PCA 423

3.2 linear ft. (8 boxes)Processed by: Jacki Swearingen, 3/03

ca. 966 imagesGladi Kulp, 5/03

ACQUISITION: The collection was donated by Jacques and Marion Jacobsen of Staten Island, New York over a period of time from 2000-2005 (Accessions: 2000-49, 2002-84, 2002-109, 2002-116, 2004-001 (added Feb. 2004), 2005-35 (added Oct. 2005). Folder 1 of Box 8 was donated in 2009 (Accession # 2009-56). Folder 1 of Box 8 donated 12/30/2010 (Acc#2010-068).

ACCESS: The collection is available for viewing; 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 stereographs (Series 1) are arranged by publisher and then by the number preceding the stereograph caption. The donors arranged and described Series 2-6. Series 7 (lantern slides) was arranged by staff; descriptions taken from the lantern slides. Series 8 is ongoing.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Jacques Jacobsen Jr. was born October 5, 1932 in Staten Island, New York. Jacques received his Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology and Public Health in 1954 from Wagner College. Also at Wagner College Jacques earned a Masters in Archaeology in 1963 and in the late 1970s he completed work on his 5th year equivalent in Administration. Jacques completed course work but not the dissertation for a doctorate in Near Eastern Archaeology at Columbia University. Mr. Jacobsen has been a bacteriologist, auctioneer, earth science high school teacher, and has taught Egyptian and Near Eastern Archaeology at Wagner College. He was the director of the Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island. Jacques also was a curator of fire and police collections at the Staten Island Historical Society’s Richmondtown Restoration and was the editor in chief of their journal The Staten Island Historian. Mr. Jacobsen is the co-author of The Red Blue Coats, The Indian Scouts and has written over twenty monographs and numerous articles in various publications. After his retirement from teaching Jacques and his wife, Marion, have run a very successful business in American Military Antiques, offering original and historical artifacts and memorabilia for the collector-investor. Jacques is a fellow in the Company of Military Historians.

Marion Jacobsen was born June 30, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from New York University. Marion worked at Methodist Hospital in New York and for the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn and Staten Island. In 1953-54 Marion was a flight nurse at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. At the Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island Mrs. Jacobsen was in charge of acquisitions and new exhibits. She is the treasurer of the Archaeology Society of Staten Island, an organization founded by the Jacobsens. Marion is an accomplished artist working in gold, silver, enamels and oil paintings.

Jacques and Marion Jacobsen collected Alaska-Yukon and Arctic items for over 40 years. While a flight nurse at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, Marion began collecting Eskimo, Indian and Alaska items. After their marriage, August 1, 1959, the Jacobsens began to expand their Eskimo collection, acquiring antique pieces as well as many ivory pieces from the best of the living carvers. After spending the summer of 1973 in Alaska traveling by Winnebago and plane with their four children the Jacobsens began to enlarge their collection of Alaska and Arctic material. Stereographs were one of the items collected by Jacques and Marion. They collected stereographs because these views were the most common form of outdoor photography in the last half of the 19th century. Their Alaska-Yukon and Arctic stereograph collection is comprised of 170 views.

Over the years Jacques and Marion have collected hundreds of Alaska-Yukon and Arctic items. The Jacobsens thought at one time they would like to start a business selling these items when they retired. Instead they have chosen to donate the remaining pieces in their collection to various libraries and museums for interested people to view and enjoy.

[Information from: Alaska Historical Collections Biographical Information form, written correspondence September and May 2000, electronic mail November and December 2002. Written by Jacki Swearingen]

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

Series One:Stereographs [more information below]

Series Two:U.S.S. Haida photographs

Series Three:Early 20th century photographs

Series Four: Antique photographs of Alaska and the Arctic

Series Five:Antique cabinet photographs and others

Series Six:Papers and memorabilia

Series Seven:Lantern slides, Alaska, early 20th century

Series Eight:Marion Morgensen Jacobsen, U.S. Navy Nurse, Elmendorf Air Force Base, ca. 1954-1955; Album: Visit Beautiful Alaska;[ongoing]

Series 1: The Stereograph* Collection consists of 170 images. These stereographs were taken in the late 19th through the early 20th century, ca. 1893-1925. Specific copyright dates are noted on some images. All dates with “ca” in the inventory were supplied by the staff. Most of the stereographs were taken in the arctic regions, from Sweden and Norway to Greenland through Canada to Alaska. The Keystone View Company published approximately half of the stereographs in the Jacobsen collection. Other publishers include T.W. Ingersoll, James F. Jarvis, B.W. Kilburn, and Underwood and Underwood.

The Alaska-Yukon gold rush is a main subject in the collection. There are approximately 60 views depicting this subject. Beginning with images of the prospectors aboard the steamer Rosalie leaving Seattle, views include; the stampeders dividing their supplies at Sheep Camp on a winter day and then climbing to the Chilkoot Pass summit (a climb at an angle of 45 degrees and about ¾ of a mile long); transporting their camp equipment and supplies along the Dyea Trail; heading down the Yukon River from Lake Bennett; and staking their claims at Eldorado and Bonanza Creeks. This collection contains approximately 55 images depicting Native peoples, including Eskimos, Aleuts, Athabascan and Salishan Indians. Activities portrayed are subsistence fishing, weaving baskets, and drying fish. Other images document canoes and kayaks, totem poles, Indian burial houses, and Indian villages. Special events, such as potlatch dancers in their traditional regalia of blankets, masks, and hats, are also captured.

The viewer should be aware that the Klondike is incorrectly said to be located in Alaska in the descriptive text on a number of the stereographs in this collection. The Klondike is located in the Yukon Territory.

[Written by Jacki Swearingen]

*The stereograph consists of two photographs of the same subject. Each photograph is taken from a slightly different angle, reflecting the 2.5-inch distance between the eyes. The photographs are mounted side-by-side on card stock and when viewed through a stereoscope a three-dimensional image is produced.

In late 2003 and early 2004 the Jacobsen’s sent additional boxes to the Historical Library after cleaning out the seven gables in their Victorian home on Long Island, New York.

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PCA 423: Jacques and Marion Jacobsen Collection, ca. 1882-1973Alaska State Library

INVENTORY

Boxes 1-2

Series 1: Stereographs

Identifier / Title /

Creator

/

Subject

/ Description / Publisher / Date /

Format

/

Coverage

PCA 423-001 / 6319-Puckalook Having a Time, Alaska [Malemute boy on sled] / Unidentified / Sleds -- Alaska.
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Children.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-002 / 9030-Unloading Reindeer, Seattle, Wash., U. S. A. / Singley, B. L. / Reindeer.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Seattle (Wash.)
PCA 423-003 / 9064-"Good-bye, Good Friends, Good-bye, We go to Do or Die." Steamer Rosalie leaving Seattle for the Klondike. / Singley, B. L. / Rosalie (Steamer).
Steamboats.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Seattle (Wash.)
PCA 423-004 / 9066-Government Reindeer en route for Alaska, Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash., U. S. A. / Singley, B. L. / Reindeer.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Seattle (Wash.)
PCA 423-005 / 9068-Alaska by Moonlight, Bound for the Klondike.[Ship leaving dock, crowd on wharf watching] / Singley, B. L. / Steamboats.
Ships -- Alaska.
Fort Wrangell (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Fort Wrangell (Alaska)
PCA 423-006 / 9191-Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot, Alaska. [Miners climbing to the top of Chilkoot Pass] / Singley, B. L. / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-007 / 9191-Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot Pass Alaska. [Miners climbing to the top of Chilkoot Pass; variant view] / Singley, B. L. / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-008 / 9191-Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot Pass Alaska. [Miners climbing to the top of Chilkoot Pass; variant view] / Singley, B. L. / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-009 / 9192-Klondikers Starting up "The Golden Stair," Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-010 / 9192-Klondikers Starting up "The Golden Stair," Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. [Variant view] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-011 / 9195-Preparing to Climb "The Golden Stair" and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. / Unidentified / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-012 / 9196-Miners and Packers Climbing the "Golden Stair" Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska).
Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
PCA 423-013 / 9198-A Picturesque Street in Sheep Camp, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining camps -- Alaska.
Dyea (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Dyea (Alaska)
PCA 423-014 / 9199-The "Miners' Friend" at Lunch, Sheep Camp, Alaska. [Burros in pen] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining camps -- Alaska.
Dyea (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Dyea (Alaska)
PCA 423-015 / 9201-"A Claim on the Klondike." [Man and woman in front of tent in summer dress] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining claims -- Alaska.
Clothing and dress -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-016 / 9202-Our Party en route to the Klondike, Sheep Camp, Alaska. [Man on horse leading pack train] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Grand Pacific Hotel (Sheep Camp, Alaska).
Dyea (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Dyea (Alaska)
PCA 423-017 / 9205-"A Happy Home in Alaska." [Three adults in front of tent in summer dress] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining claims -- Alaska.
Clothing and dress -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-018 / 9256-A Halt by the Wayside, en route to Klondike [Man laying in lean two, second man in foreground cooking] / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-019 / 9271-Starting for the Gold Fields on Norway Sleds, Haines, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Reindeer.
Sleds -- Alaska.
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Haines (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Haines (Alaska)
PCA 423-020 / 9271-Starting for the Gold Fields on Norway Sleds, Haines, Alaska. [Variant view] / Unidentified / Reindeer.
Sleds -- Alaska.
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Haines (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : b&w ; 9cm X 18cm / Haines (Alaska)
PCA 423-021 / 9272-Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Government Reindeer, Haines, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Reindeer.
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Portage Cove (Alaska).
Haines (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Haines (Alaska)
PCA 423-022 / 9272-Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Government Reindeer, Haines, Alaska. [Variant view] / Singley, B. L. / Reindeer.
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Portage Cove (Alaska).
Haines (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : b&w ; 9cm X 18cm / Haines (Alaska)
PCA 423-023 / 9282-The First White Man's Log Cabin, Haines, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Log cabins -- Alaska.
Haines (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Haines (Alaska)
PCA 423-024 / 9283-Lunch by the Wayside, Dyea Trail, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining camps -- Alaska.
Trails -- Alaska.
Dyea Trail (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Dyea Trail (Alaska)
PCA 423-025 / 9284-In the Canyon, Dyea Trail, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Trails -- Alaska.
Dyea Trail (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : b&w ; 9cm X 18cm / Dyea Trail (Alaska)
PCA 423-026 / 9299-Gold Miners at Work, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Prospecting -- Alaska.
Gold mines and mining -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-027 / 9357-Going up the Yukon River by Moonlight to Dawson City, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska).
Boats and boating -- Alaska.
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
PCA 423-028 / 9374-Placer Mining, near the Yukon River, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Gold mines and mining -- Alaska.
Prospecting -- Alaska.
Hydraulic mining -- Alaska.
Yukon River Region -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1898 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Yukon River Region (Alaska)
PCA 423-029 / 10682-"Ye Eternal Rocks," Fraser River and C. P. Ry. Bridge, Cisco, B. C., Can. / Singley, B. L. / Bridges -- Canada -- British Columbia.
Fraser River (B. C.).
Fraser Canyon (B. C.).
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
British Columbia -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1903 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / British Columbia
PCA 423-030 / 10692-Roaming "Monarch of the Plain," The Buffalo in His Snow-Bound Home, B. C., Canada. / Singley, B. L. / Buffaloes.
British Columbia -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1903 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / British Columbia
PCA 423-031 / 11500-Ice on the Kozukuk River, Alaska. [Two men looking at each other around big chunks of ice] / Singley, B. L. / Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1899 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-032 / 11507-Group of Malamuts, Allenkaket River, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Eskimos -- Alaska.
Clothing and dress -- Alaska.
Alatna (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1899 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alatna (Alaska)
PCA 423-033 / 11518 Drying Fish on the Yukon River, Alaska. / Unidentified / Fishery products -- Preservation.
Indians of North America -- Alaska.
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
PCA 423-034 / 11530 T Transportation over Icy Trails North of the Arctic Circle, Alaska.[Men with dogs hitched up to sled] / Unidentified / Sled dogs -- Alaska.
Gold miners -- Alaska.
Mining camps -- Alaska.
Arctic City (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Arctic City (Alaska)
PCA 423-035 / 11540 Malamut Indians Moving Camp, Alaska.[Malamuts in two canoes pushing away from beach] / Unidentified / Eskimos -- Alaska.
Canoes and canoeing -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : b&w ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-036 / 11548-Prospectors Returning to Camp. 62 Degrees Below Zero, Alaska. / Singley, B. L. / Gold miners -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1899 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-037 / 11555-Will Campbell, the only White Boy on the Allenkaket River, Alaska.[Will on sled that dog team is hitched to] / Singley, B. L. / Sled dogs -- Alaska.
Alatna (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / No descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / 1899 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alatna (Alaska)
PCA 423-038 / 11558-Stop for Lunch, Malamut Indians, Alaska. / Unidentified / Eskimos -- Alaska.
Alaska -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : sepia toned ; 9cm X 18cm / Alaska
PCA 423-039 / V11568-Indian Village of Klinkwan-Modern Natives, and Totem Poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska. / Unidentified / Haida Indians -- Alaska.
Totem poles -- Alaska -- Klinkwan.
Villages -- Alaska.
Klinkwan (Alaska) -- Stereoscopic views. / Descriptive text on verso / Keystone View Company / ca. 1893-1925 / 1 stereograph : b&w ; 9cm X 18cm / Klinkwan (Alaska)