Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.41.023 A—F
Accession#:
2005.41
Credit Line:
Donated by Floyd Dryden Middle School Librarian Pat McLear.
Object Name:
Page, Scrapbook
Title:
Floyd & Nannie Dryden's Alaska scrapbook
Place:
Juneau
Description:
A is album page. B—D are affixed to front of page, E—F are affixed to back of page. All photos approximately 3.5" x 5.5" with white border unless otherwise noted.

A — Album page, 7" x 11.25" manilla paper , with handwritten captions on front and back.

B — Image, "A Dairy Farm near Juneau, Alaska." Hand—tinted view of several far buildings with herd of black & white cows in fenced—in yard in foreground. Edge of dirt road visible in lower proper left corner and along bottom of photo. Farm buildings are off—white with reddish—brown roofs; white silo and white water tower among them. Mountain partially visible in proper right background. Sky is pale blue with white—peach clouds. Handwritten below photo: "There are three or four such small dairy farms."

C — Black and white photo, vertically oriented, of forget—me—not plant. Plant fills lower 2/3 of photo; background is blurred. Printed in white at bottom center: "Forget—Me—Nots / The Flower of Alaska / (c)1935 Ordway. 57424". Handwritten to proper right of photo: The For—get—me not, which is the Alaska state flower."

D — Empty transparent plastic sleeve, 2.5" x 5", made of a rectangle of plastic folded over and glued to album page at top and bottom. Presumably once held flower sample (probably forget—me—not) as with 2005.41.019C, now empty.

E — Black and white photo of seven dogs harnessed to sled with figure in heavy coat and hat standing at back of sled. Sled and dogs are pointed toward lower proper right corner of photo. Ground is covered in snow, with line of bare trees along what appears to be raised line of ground (wall? dike? bank?). Low hills/mountains along horizon in far distance, across center of photo. Printed in white at bottom: "Alaska Dog Team WP.Co." Handwritten below: ""Jumo" [possibly "Juimo"] the most famous lead dog in the north."

F — Black and white photo of approximately. Eight to nine pairs of dogs harnessed to sled with figure in heavy coat and hat standing at back of sled. Sled is located at central proper left edge of photo; dogs are pointed toward lower proper right corner. Ground is mostly covered in snow, with some bare and trampled patches around dogs' feet. Partially snow—covered mountains in far distance along horizon, across center of photo. Printed in white at bottom edge: "Team of Siberian Dogs in Alaska. Elite Studio."
People:
Dryden, Floyd
McLear, Pat
Dryden, Nannie
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