Case & Draper Alaska photographs

Case & Draper Alaska photographs, approximately 1905-1907

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Case & Draper
Title: Case & Draper Alaska photographs
Dates: approximately 1905-1907 (inclusive)
19001912
Quantity: 22 photographic prints (1 box and 1 folder), sizes vary
Collection Number: PH0301
Summary: Photographs of Alaska including mining and canning companies, hunting, the Alaska Central Railway, sternwheelers, Native Americans and the first automobile in Alaska. Also included is letter about the AYPE live game exhibit, and a folding souvenir mailer containing photos of Alaska
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

William Howard Case arrived in Skagway in 1898 and later resided in Juneau until his death in 1920. In 1901 Case & Draper received a contract from White Pass and Yukon Route to photograph the scenery along the railway route. About 1905, Case and Draper opened a branch studio in Juneau. The partnership, however, dissolved in 1907. The photographic business in Skagway was continued by Horace H. Draper under the name Draper and Co. It may have survived until 1914.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains scenes of Alaska, including mining and canning companies, hunting, the Alaska Central Railway, sternwheelers, Native Americans and the first automobile in Alaska. Also included in the collection is a letter concerning the AYPE live game exhibit, and a small booklet entitled "Alaska Mailing Souvenir." Much of the collection are copy prints issued by Webster and Stevens, Seattle photographers.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Native American images are included in the Native American Microfiche (NA2452-2477).

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Susan Fitch. Completed in 2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Mines, canneries, and millsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/1	1	Men and horses in front of O'Brien and Hinkle Packers building, Skagway, Alaska	1906?
1/1	2	Waterwheel at Ketchikan Creek, Alaska (Case & Draper 2374)	1905
1/1	3	Ebner Mine at Silver Bow Basin, Alaska	1905?
1/1	4	Treadwell mine, superintendent residence, and machine shop on Douglas Island, Alaska (Case & Draper 7-N)	1906?
1/1	5	The Alaska Perseverance Mine, Silverbow Basin, Juneau Alaska (Case & Draper 2352-N)	1906?
1/1	6	Thlinket Packing Co. salmon trap no. 7, Funter Bay, Alaska (Case & Draper 2352-N)	August 2, 1907
1/1	7	Interior of canning department at the Thlinket Packing Co., Funter Bay, Alaska (Case & Draper 22-N)	August 2, 1907

HuntingReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/2	8	Hunters posing with the mountain goats they killed, White Pass, Alaska (Case & Draper 47-N) Captions on photo: Mountain goats from summit of White Pass. Goats labeled, from left to right: "330 lbs" and "225 lbs."Written on verso: Mountain Goat killed on White Pass at the head of the Yukon River.	1907?
1/2	9a	W.H. Case holding daughter Madge Case in arms, next to mountain goats killed in a hunt, White Pass, Alaska (Case & Draper 35-N) Caption on front: Result of a days sport at Summit of White Pass. By Dr. L.A. Baughman and W.H. Case.Written on verso: One days slaughter among the mountain goat herds of Tanana, Alaska.Included with a copy (item 9b) of this photograph was a letter protesting hunting. See item 9c.	1907?
1/2	9b	W.H. Case holding daughter Madge Case in arms, next to mountain goats killed in a hunt, White Pass, Alaska (Case & Draper 35-N) Same image as 9a. Bottom of photo with caption is cut off.Written on verso: One day's slaughter by one man on Wood River in the Tanana.Included with this photo was a letter, Item 9c.	1907?
box:oversize
OS1	9c	Press-release letter concerning the live game exhibit at Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition An undated and unsigned letter describing the live game exhibit at the upcoming 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition in Seattle, in which live game specimens from California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska will be displayed as an appeal to stop the over-hunting of game animals in the West Coast states, an effort supported by President Theodore Roosevelt. Found behind item 9b.	1909?
Box/Folder
1/2	10	Two men sitting with their kill after a bear hunt (Case & Draper 34-N) Caption on photo: Home with our plunder.Written on verso: Washington black bear bagged 80 minutes out from Seattle.	1907?

Indian and Alaskan TownsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/3	11	Tlingit potlatch on Japonski Island off Sitka, Alaska (Case & Draper 15-N) Caption: Japonski Is. where the potlatchers were met and feasted by Sitka natives.	1906?
1/3	12	Boats and houses at Indian town of Hoonah, Alaska (Case & Draper 89-N)	1907?
1/3	13	Shore at Indian Town of Hoonah, Alaska (Case & Draper 92 - N)	1907?
1/3	14	Bird's-eye view of town of Skagway, Alaska, and port (Case & Draper 670)	1907?

ShipsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/4	15	C.I.N. Co. steamerToledoand crew in Turn Again Arm (Case & Draper 2396)	May 2, 1906
1/4	16	Two men in fur coats on the ice-covered steamer Santa Clara, Jan. 21, 1906, in Juneau, Alaska (Case & Draper 2402)	1906
1/4	17	Ice-covered lower deck of the steamer Santa Clarain Juneau, Alaska (Case & Draper 2401)	January 21, 1906
1/4	18	P.C. Co. steamerSpokanein front of Taku Glacier, Taku Inlet, Alaska (Case & Draper 2404)	July 16, 1907

Automobile, trails, railway viewsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/5	19	A man sitting in the first auto built in Alaska, Skagway, Alaska Caption: First automobile of Alaska, built at North West Light & Power Co., Skagway, Alaska.	1907?
1/5	20	Suspension bridge and tunnel at head of Placer Canyon, along Alaska Central Railway (Case and Draper 63-N)	1907?
1/5	21	View of Lewis Lake, taken from the White Pass & Yukon Route, Yukon Territory (Case & Draper 498)	1907?
1/5	22a	Camp #9, with Bartlett Glacier in the distance, Alaska Central Railway (Case & Draper 83-N) Original photo.	1907?
1/5	22b	Camp #9, with Bartlett Glacier in the distance, Alaska Central Railway (Case & Draper 83-N) Same image as 22a. Possibly printed from original negative, but printed in the late 1950's.	1907?

Alaska Mailing Souvenir, between 1898 and 1900?Return to Top

Folding souvenir mailer with nine views of Alaska and the Yukon. Printed at bottom of photos: Photographs by Case & Drahen [sic] and H.C. Barley, of Skagway, Alaska. Postmarks on the cover indicate that it was first mailed October 18, 1904 from [illeg] in Skagway, Alaska, then mailed from Juneau Alaska to Miss S Victoria Hampton [illeg] at 470A [illeg] Str in Portland Oregon on October 22, 19[illeg.]. There is also a stamped date of Oct 18 1904 and "World's Fair" machine-stamped on the envelope.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	item
1/6	23	Cover of Alaska Mailing Souvenir	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23a	Bird's-eye view of Skagway Alaska Caption on page: Skaguay, Alaska, the Gateway to the Klondike.	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23b	Miles Canyon, Alaska	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23c	Small boats in Whitehorse Rapids on Yukon River, Alaska Caption on page: Shooting Whitehorse Rapids, Alaska.	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23d	People posing on flatbed train car in snowy terrain. Caption on page: First Passenger Train to reach Log Cabin July 6, '99 - White Pass & Yukon R.R.	July 6, 1899
1/6	23e	View of Juneau, Alaska, and port, from the water	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23f	People posing outside locomotive on snowy mountainside Caption on photo: First Passenger Train on the White Pass & Yukon Route to the Summit	1900
1/6	23g	Musharankdorfotoo, the chief of the Chilkat Indians H.C. Barley, Skagway, Alaska (photographer)	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23h	View of train crossing bridge over Lewis Lake, Alaska White Pass & Yukon construction crews had accidentally lowered the lake level about 50 feet, by cutting a new outlet through a sandy ridge. The new outlet channel required two very large trestle bridges, which were bypassed circa 1940. This is the northern one, which crossed what had been a shallow arm of the lake.	between 1898 and 1900?
1/6	23i	Storefront of "Keelar, The Money King," a jewelry, pawn, safe storage, and loan business in Skagway, Alaska Printed in bottom margin: Photographs by Case & Drahen [sic] and H.C. Barley, of Skagway, Alaska.	between 1898 and 1900?

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