Print, Photographic : 2007.31.009

Collection:

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

Object ID:

2007.31.009

Accession#:

2007.31

Credit Line:

Donated by Kathleen Jamison Whitson.

Object Name:

Print, Photographic

Title:

A Siwash Camp

Year Range from:

1900

Year Range to:

1902

Description:

Sepia colored photo of a tent camp site with a wood canoe in foreground. A caption in lower proper left is "A Siwash Camp". The number 31 is in lower proper left. A man leans on a large wood canoe covered with laundry. A child and two people in hats are in front of the leaning man. An open umbrella is on the ground next to another child in middle proper right. A woman in a long dress in the background proper left near a full clothesline. A couple of paddles are visible below the foreground canoe at proper right. A snow covered ridge with trees on the slopes fills the background.

Notes:

Joseph McDonald was Treadwell Mine Superintendent from 1900 to 1902.

People:

MacDonald, Joseph

Search Terms:

Camping
Native
Canoe
Home Life
Tlingit
Boat

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A Siwash Camp

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