W.H Case photographs of Native American baskets, 1910
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Unalaska baskets displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Unalaska fish baskets displayed on table, circa 1910
- Attu card cases, woven of grass with designs in wool, circa 1910
- Alaska Native coiled baskets displayed on fur-covered table, 1910?
- Tlingit spruce root baskets displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Eight large Tlingit baskets displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Four large Tlingit spruce root baskets displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Tsimshian cedar bark baskets displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Twined baskets and mats, most likely Haida, displayed on fur-covered table, circa 1910
- Fur covered boxes with decoration of beadwork and deerhooves, might be Athabaskan in origin, displayed on stool, circa 1910
- Twined and plaited baskets from northern Pacific coast, circa 1910
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Case, W. H. (William Howard), 1868-1920
- Title
- W.H Case photographs of Native American baskets
- Dates
- 1910 (inclusive)19101910
- Quantity
- 1 folder (11 photographic prints)
- Collection Number
- PH1188
- Summary
- Photographs by W.H Case of Native Alaskan and Pacific Northwest and Canadian Native American baskets
- Repository
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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.
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- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
William Howard Case was born on April 19, 1868, in Marshalltown, Iowa, and lived most of his life in South Dakota and Oregon. He came to the Klondike during the gold rush and secured several claims in Atlin before opening the Case and Draper photography studio in a tent in Skagway, Alaska. The partners later moved their business to a two-story building in Skagway on Broadway near 4th Avenue, where they also sold photographic supplies, Alaska Native handicrafts and game specimens. In 1907, the partnership dissolved. Draper kept the business in Skagway, now Draper & Co., while Case moved to Juneau and started a new photography studio there, taking pictures under the name WH Case. In Juneau, he had three children: Howard, Alice and Madge. He was active in the community as a Mason and a Shriner until he died there suddenly on July 16, 1920. His studio was reopened after his death by E. C. Adams.
Content Description
Photographs made by W.H. Case after he dissolved his partnership with Draper and opened his own studio in Juneau in 1907. The collection consists of images of baskets created by Native American Tlingit, Haida, and Attu tribes of Southeast Alaska.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections site
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Unalaska baskets displayed on fur-covered tableDates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 1
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Description: Unalaska fish baskets displayed on table
Handwritten on front of photograph: Attu Baskets.
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 2 -
Description: Attu card cases, woven of grass with designs in woolDates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 3
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Description: Alaska Native coiled baskets displayed on fur-covered table
Handwritten on back of photograph: Westward Indians Basket.
Dates: 1910?Container: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 5
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Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 6
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Description: Four large Tlingit spruce root baskets displayed on fur-covered table
Written on back of photograph: Hidah [sic] baskets 1910. This is not correct, for these designs are made by the Tlingit, not the Haida. Ewa P (illegible) 2-15-64.
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 7 -
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 8
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Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 9
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Description: Fur covered boxes with decoration of beadwork and deerhooves, might be Athabaskan in origin, displayed on stool
Handwritten on back of photograph: Deer Feet Baskets.
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 10 -
Dates: circa 1910Container: Folder 1, Item 11
