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Arthur Steen Lyon photograph collection, 1905-1906.
Title:
Arthur Steen Lyon photograph collection, 1905-1906.
Corporate Author:
Lyon, Arthur Steen.
Physical Description:
92 photoprints : black and white.
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Corporate Subject:
Copper River and Northwestern Railway -- History -- Photographs.

Alaska Central Railway -- History -- Photographs.
Subject Term:
Railroads -- Alaska -- Design and construction -- Photographs.

Surveyors -- Alaska -- History -- Photographs.

Indians of North America -- Alaska -- History -- Photographs.
Geographic Term:
Copper River (Alaska) -- History -- Photographs.

Seward (Alaska) -- History -- Photographs.

Seldovia (Alaska) -- History -- Photographs.

Valdez (Alaska) -- History -- Photographs.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Arthur Steen Lyon was born March 5, 1883, in Newport, Minnesota. He married Gertrude Lorraine Andrews Sept. 6, 1911 in Mass. Lyon was a self-taught engineer and surveyor. During the years 1905 and 1906, he served on the crew of the Alaska Central Railroad and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway in southcentral Alaska. He worked on railroads in the United States throughout his life and died November 7, 1941, in Topeka, Kansas.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Contents:
Alaska Central Railroad -- Copper River & Northwestern Railway -- Copper River Natives -- Kenai Natives -- Railroad surveyors -- southeast Alaska scenics.
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