Nellie Brown collection, 1910-1956.
Title:
Nellie Brown collection, 1910-1956.
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Physical Description:
.2 linear ft.
Abstract:
The collection consists of 2 autograph albums (12 x 15 cm.-12 x 16 cm.), and 34 black-and-white photographic prints and 1 color photographic print (9 x 6 cm.-18 x 28 cm.). The albums contain autographs and quotes from Nellie Brown's friends and acquaintances dated mainly between 1929 and 1938. The photographs range in date from 1910 through 1956. The locations of the photos taken in Alaska include: Valdez, Cache Creek, Healy River, Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, King Island, Mount McKinley, Skagway, Afognak Island, Knik, Hope, Ship Creek, and Anchorage (including the Elk Lodge, the theatre district, Third Avenue, and the Government Hill neighborhood). Subjects of the photos include: gold mining, coal mining, camping, farming, the first boat built at Ship Creek, log cabins, Jack Brown, and photographer Sydney Laurence. Photographers include: Sydney Laurence, George L. Johnson, and P. Wischemeyer.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Nellie Edythe Shepard Brown was born in 1891 and died at the age of 86 in 1978. She married John "Jack" Brown in 1912 and soon after their marriage they settled in Ship Creek. They were the first to permanently settle on the future site of Anchorage, Alaska. Nellie extensively traveled Alaska by train and went to World Fairs in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. She also visited several other states during her travels.