Ralph Cairns photographs, ca. 1911-1912.
Title:
Ralph Cairns photographs, ca. 1911-1912.
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Physical Description:
0.05 cu. ft.
Abstract:
The Ralph Cairns Photographs consist of 19 black-and-white images of Alaska. Most of the photographs were taken in and near Fairbanks and Chena, Alaska, in 1911 and 1912. They include images of surveyors' camps; agricultural fields and a garden; the river steamer Schwatka; Fairbanks streetscapes; and summer solstice, Fourth of July, and Labor Day festivities in Fairbanks. Some of the images are of slightly out of focus or underexposed. Also included are single images of a Nome, Alaska, streetscape; Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe; and a group of Episcopal clergy on the deck of a ship at Cheenik [Golovin], Alaska.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Ralph H. Cairns came to Alaska from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He arrived in Fairbanks aboard the riverboat Schwatka in the spring of 1911, and spent that summer working with a U.S. government survey party in the Fairbanks region. During the winter of 1911-12 he was employed by the Fairbanks Daily Times as its telegraph editor. On 5 February 1912 he set out with Martin Nash and George S. Lewis to climb Mt. McKinley, but poor weather prevented the party from reaching the summit, and it returned to Fairbanks in early April. Cairns left Alaska that same year. (From Fairbanks Daily Times, 5 Feb and 10 April 1912; Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 10 August 1963).
Restrictions on Access:
Access limited to Alaska and Polar Regions Collections research room hours.
Supplement/Special Entry:
Candace Waugaman collection.
Linking Entry Complexity Note:
Forms part of Candace Waugaman Collection.