Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
93.20.001
Accession#:
93.20
Credit Line:
Donated by LaRue Hellenthal.
Object Name:
Postcard
Title:
"Mendenhall Glacier" Postcard
Photographer:
Winter & Pond
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
1910
Description:
Black and white photo of Mendenhall Glacier, seen from behind low trees and brushy ground. Glacier is centered, surrounded by snowy mountains. Horse and carriage in left corner is carrying at least 5 men — horse and carriage have been cropped by photo edge.
Inscription: "180 Mendenhall Glacier"
"WP Co. Juneau" along front lower edge
POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE/ADDRESS"
"PLACE STAMP HERE" surrounded by "ONE" on 4 sides, on back
Notes:
Jack Hellenthal was an attorney in Juneau for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. & Treadwell Mines. He constructed the Hellenthal Building. in 1916 on Front St. which houses the 1st National Bank on Front St. & the Palace Theater on Franklin St.
See: "Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, March 1986."
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"Mendenhall Glacier" Postcard