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O.D. Goetze Photographs and Other Material, 1898-1913
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Goetze, O.D. (Otto Daniel)
- Title
- O.D. Goetze Photographs and Other Material
- Dates
- 1898-1913 (inclusive)18981913
- Quantity
- 3 boxes, ( 1 linear foot)
- Collection Number
- 1995.38
- Summary
- Photographs depicting mining operations, Native Alaskans and other scenes in Alaska between 1898 and 1908; regrading operations and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909; the St. Louis, Missouri World's Fair in 1904 and depictions of other western U.S. towns. Also includes publications about Alaska, papers and ephemera.
- Repository
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Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library
P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public by appointment.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Otto D. Goetze was born in Missouri in 1871 to a German immigrant family of twelve children. Goetze left Missouri as a young man, moving to Walla Walla, Washington, then to Oregon and later to Seattle. Goetze went to Alaska around 1898 as the Gold Rush began and established a photography studio in Nome. Though he returned to the mainland at least once during this time-- to photograph the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904--Goetze remained in Alaska photographing Gold Rush activity and Alaska natives until approximately 1908.
Goetze then moved back to Seattle, where he was proprietor of the Alaska Photo Studio from 1909 to 1912. Goetze got married in 1911 and had a daughter, Dorothy, in 1912. In 1914, the family moved to a farm in Cedar Valley. Goetze sold the farm in the 1930s as a consequence of financial difficulties related to the Depression; afterwards Goetze may have moved to Monroe, Washington.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of 92 black and white photographic prints, 319 photographic postcards, a photograph album, a few publications and some papers.
The photographs consist largely of images taken in Alaska between approximately 1899 and 1908. The majority of these were taken in Nome and depict miners, mining operations and native Inupiaq and Indian people, as well as dog teams, Nome streets and steamships in Nome Harbor. Other Alaska images depict native totem poles and scenes in Wrangell and in Fort Davis, the U.S. Army outpost near Nome. A smaller number of photographs depict the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle; others document the 1909 regrading of 3rd Avenue in Seattle, including images of the old Washington Hotel.
The album includes similar images of Alaska and Seattle, as well as photographs of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and images of towns in California, Missouri, Utah, Texas and Colorado.
The majority of the photographic postcards consists of images taken at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, including images of A.Y.P.E. buildings, grounds, parades, events and native peoples on exhibit.
The collection includes two illustrated books by Goetze about his Alaska experience, a book about the Klondike by photographer Frank La Roche, a book about Alaska published in anticipation of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, and Alaska Steamship menus.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
O.D. Goetze Photographs and Other Material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
- Series: Photographs, circa 1898-1913
- Subseries: Alaska, 1898-1909
- Subseries: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
- Subseries: Regrade of 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 1909
- Subseries: Miscellaneous Seattle and other towns, circa 1909-1913
- Series: Photo Album
- Series: Photographic postcards
- Subseries: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
- Subseries: Seattle, 1909-1910 and undated
- Subseries: Miscellaneous, 1898-1908 and undated
- Series: Other material, 1897-1909 and undated
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Photographs , 1898-1913 and undatedReturn to Top
Notes in quotation marks represent writing transcribed from the front of the photograph.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Alaska
All photographs are dated 1898-1909 unless a more specific date is given.
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1898-1909 | |
Box | ||
1 | 1995.38.5: Three gold miners pulling their supply sled on the trail, Nome
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1 | 1995.38.6: Mining dredge being built near mouth of Glacier Creek, Nome
|
1906 |
1 | 1995.38.7: Miners standing on dump at Submarine Beach, Nome
"Workings of Valiere and Olsen Paystreak claim, Submarine Beach Line, Nome, Alaska"
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1 | 1995.38.8: Flume of Seward ditch on Hobson Creek, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.9: Miners from the Wild Goose Co. sluicing for gold at Dry Creek, Nome
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1 | 1995.38.10: Miners from Dimos & Co. standing on dump near boiler house at
mining operation on Center Creek, Nome |
1908 April |
1 | 1995.38.11: Union Mining Company boiler house and tailings dump on Flat Creek, Nome
|
1908 May 3 |
1 | 1995.38.12: Buildings at Hurrah quartz mine, Solomon |
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1 | 1995.38.13: Pedestrians and wagons on Front Street, showing Goetze's photo studio
in foreground, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.14.1: Inupiaq carver Happy Jack and his wife in fur parkas |
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1 | 1995.38.14.2: Inupiaq group having breakfast in front of boat and tent on sandspit,
Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.14.3: Inupiaq group having breakfast in front of tents on sandspit, Nome
|
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1 | 1995.38.14.4: Inupiaqs in umiaks under bridge at start of race on Snake River, Nome
|
1908 August 15 |
1 | 1995.38.14.5: Inupiaq woman wearing fur parka holding child |
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1 | 1995.38.14.6: Siberian native fisherman on beach with kayak and drying fish
Huey (photographer)
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1 | 1995.38.14.7: Yuit women and children at water's edge, Koliutschit, Siberia
|
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1 | 1995.38.14.8: Inupiaqs in fur parkas with dog, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.14.9: Inupiaq man in fur parka dancing, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.14.10: Young Inupiaq woman wearing fur parka
"Miss Effie Bell of Eskimos, Nome, Alaska "
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1 | 1995.38.14.11-14.14: Young Inupiaq woman in fur parka |
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1 | 1995.38.15: Panorama of Nome in three panels |
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1 | 1995.38.16.1; 16.3; 16.6-7: Front Street, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.16.2: Fort Davis in deep snow, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.16.4: Bird's eye view of Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.16.5: People standing in front of Nome post office near sled carrying mail
|
1907 March 15 |
1 | 1995.38.16.8: Deep snow and ice on buildings on Kester Avenue, Nome, Alaska
|
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1 | 1995.38.17.1: House covered in snow
A.L. Bell Photo (photographer)
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1 | 1995.38.17.2: Boats and tents on beach at west end of Nome |
1900 July 25 |
1 | 1995.38.17.3, 1995.38.17.4: Damaged buildings on sandspit after storm |
1900 Sept |
1 | 1995.38.17.5: Waterfront, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.17.6: Tents on sandspit near town |
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1 | 1995.38.17.7: Mining operations on Third Beach, Nome |
1906 June |
1 | 1995.38.17.8: Mining operations along Third Beach with slag dump, Nome |
1907 May |
1 | 1995.38.17.9: Man on beach near breakers with steamship Northwestern in harbor, Nome
|
1908 August 10 |
1 | 1995.38.17.10: Clouds over water, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.17.11: Men with horse drawn wagons and freight on beach Nome |
1900 October 22 |
1 | 1995.38.17.12: Breakers with ships in distance, Nome |
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1 | 1995.38.18: Man outside Alaska Photo Company building, Nome
"O.D. Goetze Photo Gallery, Nome, Alaska"
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1 | 1995.38.19.1: Interior of Catholic Church at Christmas time, Nome |
1902 |
1 | 1995.38.19.2: Men with shovels working on railroad tacks
"Seward railroad on Nome River, Alaska"
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1 | 1995.38.19.3: Drawing of woman being lifted ashore by a hook through her bloomers
"Landing the Merry Widow in Nome, Alaska"
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1 | 1995.38.19.4: Survey team on Penny River, Nome
"Sutton's ditch on Penny R[iver] looking downst[ream], Nome, Alaska"
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1905 August 8 |
1 | 1995.38.19.5: Men with mule teams along Nome River
"Teamsters on the Pioneer ditch, Nome River"
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1 | 1995.38.19.6: Men with shovels along Pioneer ditch on Nome River |
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1 | 1995.38.19.7: Carl Albertson of Norway ski jumping with spectators looking on, Nome
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2 | 1995.38.20.1: Klondike Mill Company lumber operations with town in background
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2 | 1995.38.20.2: Peaks and glacier near Thomas Bay |
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2 | 1995.38.20.3: Sidewheeler steamship in Dutch Harbor |
1900 |
2 | 1995.38.21.1: People in canoe, buildings and totem poles in background, Wrangell
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2 | 1995.38.21.2: Chilkat Indian in dancing costume, Wrangell |
1899 March 6 |
2 | 1995.38.22.1: Composite group photo of members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Nome, Alaska
"Nome Aerie No. 75. F.O.E."
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2 | 1995.38.22.2: Herd of reindeer near Nome |
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2 | 1995.38.22.3: Man and woman with dogsled and dog team outside house, Nome
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2 | 1995.38.22.4: Dog team and sled with musher and passenger, Nome |
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2 | 1995.38.22.5: Pile of gold bars, sacks of gold coins, and buckets of ore
"Miners and Merchants Bank, Nome, Alaska. $1,200,000- part of Spring clean up"
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1906 |
2 | 1995.38.22.6: Pile of gold bars
"Alaskan Banking and Safe Deposit Co. $1,000,000 part of spring clean-up"
|
1906 |
2 | 1995.38.24.1: Barracks at Fort Davis, near Nome |
1900 September |
2 | 1995.38.24.2: Men with seven dog teams four miles out from shore transporting freight
from steamship S.S. Corwin over ice to Nome. S.S. Corwin in background at right. |
1909 June 2 |
2 | 1995.38.24.3: Woman in fur parka with dog team and sled |
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2 | 1995.38.24.4: Snow tunnel, Nome |
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2 | 1900 | |
2 | 1995.38.26: Steamship Cleveland frozen in ice, with men aboard, Nome |
1901 |
2 | 1995.38.27: Steamship Umatilla, Nome |
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2 | 1995.38.28: Steamship President in Nome harbor |
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2 | 1995.38.29: Men aboard river steamboat Herman
Huey (photographer)
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2 | 1995.38.30: Painting of rescue crew near schooner
"Nome life crew and the schooner Greyhound which came ashore during July storm, 1906, Nome,
Alaska"
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circa 1906 |
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition |
1909 | |
Box | ||
2 | 1995.38.32.1-32.4: "Miss Columbia," native of Labrador, Canada |
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2 | 1995.38.32.5: Inuit with fur parka near skin covered tent |
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2 | 1995.38.32.6: Composite of Alaska scenes with Alaska-Yukon-Pacific logo |
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Regrade of 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Washington |
1909 | |
Box | ||
2 | 1995.38.33.1: Washington Hotel and house |
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2 | 1995.38.33.2; .33.3; 33.5: Men using high power hoses
"View of 3rd Avenue-regrading-looking west--Grant Smith and Co. and Stillwell, Seattle"
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2 | 1995.38.33.4: Men using high power hoses
"Regrading on 3rd Avenue, Holt and Jeffery, contractors, Seattle"
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2 | ||
2 | 1995.38.33.7: Partially regraded area |
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2 | 1995.38.33.8: Washington Hotel atop hill
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2 | 1995.38.33.9: Men with hoses near Washington Hotel
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2 | 1995.38.33.10: Steam engines near building |
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Miscellaneous Seattle and other towns
These photographs are undated but believed to have been taken after 1908, when Goetze returned to
Washington from Alaska.
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circa 1909-1913 | |
Box | ||
2 | ||
2 | 1995.38.34.2-3: Parade on 2nd Avenue |
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2 | 1995.38.34.4: Westlake Avenue with trolleys and pedestrians, showing Hotel Plaza and
Northern Bank and Trust Company Building |
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2 | 1995.38.35.1: Camp on beach |
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2 | 1995.38.35.2: Path through trees |
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2 | 1995.38.35.3: People and parked cars outside Cedar Valley Store and gas station
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2 | 1995.38.35.4: Man and towing car outside Loop service station, Edmonds |
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2 | 1995.38.35.5: People outside Keller's Corner grocery store and gas station
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1995.38.36: Photo album , 1899-1909 and undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Page | ||
2 | 1 | Japanese reserve in Yellowstone Park, California |
undated |
2 | 2 | People on beach near Cliff House, San Francisco, California |
undated |
2 | 3 | Philippine natives in exhibit at St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 4a | Philippines Parade Ground at St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 4b | Alaska building at St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 5a | St. Louis World's Fair grounds |
1904 |
2 | 5b | Philippines Parade Grounds at St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 6a | St. Louis World's Fair grounds |
1904 |
2 | 6b | Great Siberian Railway Exhibit
"The Pike, St. Louis World's Fair"
|
1904 |
2 | 7a | Orange Farms from Pasadena, California |
undated |
2 | 7b | Educational Government and Liberal Arts building at St. Louis World's
Fair |
1904 |
2 | 8a | Agriculture building at St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 8b | Bird's Eye view of Santa Barbara, California |
undated |
2 | 9a-b | Mormon church in Salt Lake City, Utah |
undated |
2 | 10a | Four men near building in Texas |
undated |
2 | 10b | Building above street in Pasadena, California |
undated |
2 | 11a | Track for electric cars to the summit of Mt. Lowe in Los Angeles,
California |
undated |
2 | 11b | Tracks for cog railway to summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs,
Colorado |
undated |
2 | 12a | Street in Pasadena, California |
undated |
2 | 12b | World's Fair scene, showing Canada and Ceylon buildings |
undated |
2 | 13a | Peaks and glaciers near Thomas Bay, Alaska |
circa 1899-1909 |
2 | 13b, 13c | Path through trees |
undated |
2 | 14a | Viewpoint on Mount Lowe near electric car station in Los Angeles,
California |
undated |
2 | 14b | St. Louis World's Fair |
1904 |
2 | 15a | Street with stores, pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in Santa
Barbara, California |
undated |
2 | 15b | View across Osage River, Missouri |
undated |
2 | 16a | Cable car and tracks on Mt. Lowe in Los Angeles, California |
undated |
2 | 16b | Crooks Bluff in Riverview, Missouri |
undated |
2 | 17a | Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah |
undated |
2 | 17b | Family in front of farm house |
undated |
2 | 18a | Pine forest 5000 feet above sea level in Los Angeles, California
|
undated |
2 | 18b | Street in Pasadena, California |
undated |
2 | 19a | View of Sitka, Alaska across water |
1898-1909 |
2 | 19b | Miners in southeast Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 20a | Scales and summit of Chilkoot Pass |
1898-1909 |
2 | 20b | Woman on path in front of building |
undated |
2 | 20c | Men sitting on log across river |
undated |
2 | 21a | Loggers felling timber in Washington |
undated |
2 | 21b | Tunnel on Spruce Creek, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 22a | Native men, women and children in front of totem poles in log house at
Fort Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 22b | Yoked oxen in logging camp in Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 23a | Steamship Garonne at Nome dock |
1900 |
2 | 23b | Steamship Ohio at dock |
undated |
2 | 24a | Steamship Ohio loaded with passengers |
1900 May 13 |
2 | 24b | Handicrafts and art work of Alaska natives displayed against wall in
Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 25a | Hair seal from Alaska |
1899 |
2 | 25b | Miners on Silver Creek in Sitka, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 27a | Steamship Oregon with passengers leaving for Nome |
1900 |
2 | 27b | Two men on iceberg on Icy Bay |
1899 August 12 |
2 | 28 | Calberts [mining camp?] |
undated |
2 | 29a | Two totem poles |
1898-1909 |
2 | 29b | Group of native men, women, and children (probably Tlingit) in Chief
Shakes' house in Wrangell, Alaska
"Coonk Shakes, nephew of a Great Chief of Wrangel, Alaska"
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 30 | People on beach near Cliff House in San Francisco, California
|
undated |
2 | 31a | Gold nugget
"Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench, Discovery, Anvil,
wt. 182 oz., value $3276.00, Nome, Sep. 8, 1903"
|
1903 September 8 |
2 | 31b | Totem pole in front of building
"Eskimo's totem pole of S[outh]e[ast] Alaska "
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 32a | Totem pole in Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 32b | Totem pole behind memorial marker in Wrangell, Alaska
Marker reads "In memory of Kaukish. Died 1897. Age 68 years"
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 33a | Steamer Rosecrans near dock in Seattle |
1900 April 14 |
2 | 33b | Waterfall on Silver Creek, near Silver City, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 34a | Four people in snow in Nome, Alaska |
1901 March 28 |
2 | 34b | Reindeer pulling two people on sled in Nome, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 35a | Fishing schooner near Wrangell Island |
1898-1909 |
2 | 35b | Indian art and handicrafts inside store, Wrangell, Alaska
"Maurice Haeley Curio Store, Wrangell, Alaska"
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 36a | Freighting schooner under construction in Seattle, Washington
|
undated |
2 | 36b | Passengers on Steamship Santa Ana for Nome |
1900 May 26 |
2 | 37a | Crowd on dock near Steamship Charles D. Lane |
undated |
2 | 37b | Buildings near docks, Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 38a | Schooner on water, Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 38b | Man and woman with dogsled and dog team outside house in Nome, Alaska
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 39a | Totem pole in front of building in Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 39b | People in large canoe in front of buildings and totem poles in Wrangell,
Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 40a | Steamship City of Seattle |
1899 August 24 |
2 | 40b | Bear skins hanging in room in Fort Wrangell, Alaska |
undated |
2 | 41a | Three people with large fish hanging from pole |
undated |
2 | 41b | Crab |
undated |
2 | 42a | Man with wolf's head hat and two boys posed with guns and dressed in
decorative Native costumes in Wrangell, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 42b | Group of native men, women, and children (probably Tlingit) in Chief
Shakes' house, Wrangell, Alaska
"Coonk Shakes, nephew of a Great Chief of Wrangel, Alaska"
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 43a | Man and woman with dogsled and dog team outside house, Nome, Alaska
|
1898-1909 |
2 | 43b | Man on skis in front of Anvil Rock |
undated |
2 | 44 | Men building a skid road for logging inWashington |
undated |
2 | 45a | Bridges and town of Skagway, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 45b | Two men on icebergs in Icy Bay, Alaska |
1899 August 2 |
2 | 46a | Tlingit men and women wearing ceremonial costumes in front of Chief
Shakes house, Wrangel, Alaska |
1898 July 4 |
2 | 46b | Native men and women inside hut decorated with American flags in
southeastern Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 47a | Crowd on dock near Steamship Oregon, loaded with passengers for Nome
|
1900 |
2 | 47b | Steamship Cottage City |
1899 August 22 |
2 | 48a | Chilkat man in traditional dress and blanket, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 48b | Chilkat man wearing dancing costume in Wrangell, Alaska |
1899 March 6 |
2 | 49a | Woman in fur parka with dog team and sled
Buildings in background: N.L and Warehouse Co., The Beau Mercantile Co., North American Transportation
and Trading Co.
|
undated |
2 | 49b, 50a | Panorama of Fort Wrangel, Alaska |
1898 May 10 |
2 | 50b | Kayakers racing on Snake River in Nome, Alaska |
1908 August 15 |
2 | 51 | Sunset in St. Michael., Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 52 | Thundercloud in Nome, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 53a | Taxidermy ptarmigans
"Ptarmigans of Northeast Alaska"
|
undated |
2 | 53b | Pipe in surf in Nome, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 54a | Dog team pulling couple in sled in Nome, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
2 | 54b | Reindeer herd at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska |
1898-1909 |
1 | 55 | Man and woman on horse |
undated |
1 | 56 | Horse team with freight near building buried in snow. Photographer: Bell
& Co. |
undated |
1 | 57 | St. James Cathedral in Seattle |
undated |
1 | 58 | Couple in front of house |
undated |
Photographic postcards Return to Top
Other material , 1897-1909 and undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
1 | 1995.38.1.1: By-laws and Articles of Incorporation and Prospectus of the Seattle
Moving Picture Company, of which O.D. Goetze is President and Treasurer |
1909 |
1 | 1995.38.1.2: $250 stock certificate for Seattle Moving Picture Company |
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1 | 1995.38.2: "Mining Experiences in Alaska" pamphlet illustrated and written by O.D.
Goetz |
1909 |
1 | 1995.38.3: Souvenir of North Western Alaska, book of
photographs by O.D. Goetze |
|
1 | 1995.38.4: En Route to the Klondike: Chilkoot Pass and
Skaguay Trail by F. LaRoche |
1897 |
2 | 1995.38.23.1-.4: Alaska Steamship Company menus, illustrated with pastel drawings of sled
dogs by Alaskan artist Josephine Crumrine |
|
2 | 1995.38.31: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1900.
Illustrated book about Alaska published in anticipation of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. |
1908 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle, Wash.)
- Eskimos--Alaska--Photographs
- Gold miners--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Indians of North America--Alaska--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Nome (Alaska)
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums
- Photographic postcards
- Photographic prints