Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2016.14.003
Accession#:
2016.14
Credit Line:
Donated by Sharon Baker.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Tlingit Burial Site
Photographer:
Edward deGroff
Studio:
deGroff's
Place:
Douglas Island, Alaska
Date:
1889
Year Range from:
1880
Year Range to:
1915
Description:
Sepia toned photograph of a Tlingit structure above a rocky and overgrown shore. The number "677" is handwritten on one of the rocks in the proper right foreground. The structure is made of wooden planks. There are two formeline killerwhales on the visible side. Photograph has black border. Text reading "EDWARD deGROFF, Artist" proper left edge in lower corner within border.

Back has printed text reading "deGROFF'S \ Picturesque Views of Alaska Scenery \ Illustration from Indian Life, Photogrpahs of St. Michael's Cathedral Sitka, Alaska, and Inte—\riors, including the Famous Painting \ "THE MADONNA." \ Copies from this negative sent postpaid to any part of the United States upon receipt of price. \ NO 786 \ PRICE, 8x10, 75c. Each; 5x8, $4.80 Per Doz, or 50c Each. \ Address, E. deGROFF, Juneau or Sitka, Alaska."
Handwritten text on back reads: "The small log buildings are Indian graves \ in which are placed the ashes of the dead, after \ being cremated. 1889"
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