A.B. Kinne photograph collection, ca. 1903-1905.
Title:
A.B. Kinne photograph collection, ca. 1903-1905.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
63 photographs : black and white.
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
This collection includes views of Nome, Council City, Ophir Creek and scenes along the Niukluk River (also known as Keukluk or Neukluk River). Subjects include sluicing, dredging, mining claims and several portraits of Inuit women and children.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Prior to living in Alaska, Albert Kinne was actively engaged in public affairs in San Francisco California. He arrived in Nome around 1900, and according to the Polk's Alaska Yukon Directory, was in partnership with photograher, B.B. Dobbs as Dobbs and Kinne, Photographers and Photo Supplies, from around 1903 to 1905/6. He may also have been associated with the Wild Goose Mining and Trading Co. He went to Council, Alaska, between 1906 and 1910, and established a photographic business in addition to being in charge of the telephone exchange and post office. He was appointed post master in 1914. In 1921, he married Nellie M. They lived in Council City until around 1924, when Kinne returned to Nome and re-entered the mercantile business, temporarily leaving Nellie in Council. Although his business was reportedly thriving, Albert Kinne died in Nome at age 72 on Sept. 20, 1925, of self-inflicted wounds. Nellie soon abandoned their home in Council along with hundreds of his photographs. In 1941, a visitor found the deteriorating boxes of 8 x 10 glass plate negatives. [Information from William Halliday and The Alaska Weekly, 1925.].
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also available on microfiche.
Contents:
Totem Bar (Nome) -- DeSoto Mining Co. (Council City) -- Dunn's Camp (Ophir Creek) -- Keukluk River -- Cosmopolitan Cafe (Council City) -- Keewalik Hotel (Council City) -- Wayside Hospital (Council City) -- Aurum (steamboat) -- S.S. St. Paul -- Lawrence Hotel (Nome) -- Council Volunteer Fire Department -- Sphinx of Ophir.