Burns photograph collection, South Central Alaska, 1920's.
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Burns photograph collection, South Central Alaska, 1920's.
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Physical Description:
1 folder (170 black and white postive prints, 1 color print, including 6 picture postcards, 13 negaticves, 1 personal letter)
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
The Burns Collection contains 144 images portraying the mining and living conditions in Alaska in 1919-1925, at Kennecott, Nizina and McCarthy. Photos include images of: pilot Noel Wien, railroads, and other Alaska transportation, homesteads, mining camps, placer mining, animals, and natural and human constructed features. There is also a personal letter dated Sept. 27, 1924, and a transmittal sheet from 1986.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Mrs. Burns and her husband lived and worked in Anchorage and McCarthy in the 1920's.
Restrictions on Access:
The collection is unrestricted.