Mina Lang photograph collection, ca. 1930-1940.
Title:
Mina Lang photograph collection, ca. 1930-1940.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
99 photographs : black and white.
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
The collection includes mostly stock images of Fairbanks, Nome, Anchorage, Juneau and other unidentified locations; also Eskimos, sled dogs, and a few images of unidentified people. Most of the photographs were collected from commercial photographers, including Winter and Pond Co., Walter Hylen (Fairbanks), Sawyer, B.B. Dobbs, Charles Cann, Julius Fritschen (Anchorage).
Ownership:
Created and collected by Mina Lang.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Mina Dobbert was born in Rostock, Germany and came to the U.S. as a governess for a diplomatic family. She was living in San Francisco in 1898 when the gold rush began. She and a friend, Lucille Knight, and Mrs. Knight's two sons carried 1100 pounds of provisions over the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Lindeman, built their own boats there and traveled to Dawson. There she met Mr. Lang and two years later they were married in Nome. It was reported to be the first marriage performed in Nome for a white couple. Mr. and Mrs. Lang lived in Nome until 1903, Fairbanks until 1909, Iditarod until 1915 and finally they moved to Anchorage where they stayed until leaving Alaska for good in 1918. Mina Lang was a member of the Alaskan Sourdoughs and The Ladies of the Golden North (Seattle), the oldest pioneer woman's organization of Alaska. She died in Twin Falls, Idaho, in the 1960's.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.