Paul Sincic photograph collection, 1898-1915.
Title:
Paul Sincic photograph collection, 1898-1915.
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Physical Description:
290 photoprints : black and white.
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
These images were made from a collection H.C. Barley photographs belinging to Paul Sincic of Douglas, Alaska. Images include Skagway, Dyea, Treadwell mines on Douglas Island (including interior views of the buildings), Copper River and Northwestern Railroad in the Valdez area, and one image of Co. 124th Infantry in Skagway, 1899. Other photographers represented in the collection include Louis H. Pedersen, T.P. Callarman, E.A. Hegg, C.L. Andrews, and Case & Draper.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Paul Sincic worked as a cotton picker, telephone lineman, logger, night desk clerk at the Gastineau hotel in Juneau, with the Alaska Railroad, and as a history teacher. He took thousands of photographs traveling through the U.S and Alaska and even on the front lines during World War II. When Paul Sincic died in Juneau at age 84, he left volumes of photographs, negatives and numerous interviews about his life and work. [From: "Legacy of vision," by Betsy Longenbaugh, Juneau Empire, Nov. 22, 1998.].
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.