Juneau dairy farms, ca. 1890-1950's.
Title:
Juneau dairy farms, ca. 1890-1950's.
Physical Description:
143 photographs : black and white.
General Note:
Other photographs of the Pederson dairy include PCA 150.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
This collection represents 5 of the more than dozen families operating dairy farms in Juneau from the 1890's until the 1950's. The collection guide includes biographical sketches of each family: Danner (Mendenhall Dairy), Kendler (Alaska Dairy), Smith (Juneau Dairy), Pederson (Pederson Dairy), Hendrickson (Sunny Point Dairy). Another pioneer Juneau family, the Browns from Orkney Stromness Scotland, is included in this collection. Photo captions were taken directly from family photograph albums or from interviews with surviving relatives of the dairy farmers, conducted by Willette Janes in 1989.
Personal Subject:
Ownership:
Willette Janes, Juneau historian, copied photographs from the albums of several long-time Juneau dairy families and prepared a survey of the diaries for the City & Borough of Juneau. The photographs were donated to the Alaska Historical Library in 1991.
Biographical/Historical Data:
More than a dozen dairies served the Juneau area from 1869-1965. Some of the families came north from the lower 48 states, while others immigrated from Europe, lured by the promise of free land or hopes of finding gold, but only a few came with the intention of starting a dairy. With the advent of air service into southeast Alaska in the early 1940's, dairying began to lose profitability. The rising cost of feed and surface transportation furthered losses and by 1965 the last of the dairies closed. [From: "Draft Report Of The Juneau Dairy Farming Historic Resources Survey," by Willette Janes, 1991.].
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Contents:
George Danner, Sr. -- Rosa Maier Danner -- Mendenhall Dairy -- Mendenhall Valley (Alaska) -- Henry Hendrickson -- Marie Hanila Hendrickson -- Waino Hendrickson -- Sunny Point Dairy -- Joe Kendler -- Mathilde Sauermann Kendler -- Alaska Dairy -- Albert Pederson -- Jensine Danielsen Pederson -- William (Wilhelm) Pederson -- Pederson Dairy -- Leephonse Hober Smith -- James Bannigan -- Juneau Dairy -- David Sinclair Brown -- Agnes Sinclair Brown.