Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.41.015 A—E
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—C are photos affixed to front of page, D—E are photos 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 — Black and white photo of Mount Roberts taken from Mount Juneau. Snow—capped Mount Roberts fills most of central photo, with downtown buildings in lower proper left corner, old mining buildings scattered behind mountain in lower proper right corner, and mountains at south of channel faintly visible at center of proper left edge. Printed in white across bottom edge: "#446 Mt. Roberts — Juneau, Alaska T. Davis". Handwritten below photo: "Gold Creek flows between Mt. Juneau and Mount Roberts. The buildings are boarding houses for miners."

C — Black and white aerial view of downtown Juneau taken from above the channel facing northeast. Water & tidal flats fill lower half of photo, with downtown buildings beyond. Trees covered in mist/clouds along top edge. Large dock (0.75" long in photo) extends from shore into water near center of photo, toward lower proper right corner. Printed in white just below this dock: "579322 — Juneau Alaska from the Air. (c)19336 Ordway." Numbers one through six written in blue ink over various locations on photo. Handwritten below photo: "Showing the docks — tide flats and the residental [sic] section on Star Hill. 1. Northland Transportation Co. 2. Cold storage. 3 — Alaska " " [ditto marks indicate "Transportation Co."] 4 — Gov. dock 5 — Hanger for P.A.A. planes. [pencilled—in question mark above "P.A.A."; added after this in pencil: "Alaska Coastal"] 6 — Star Hill."

D — Black and white photo of downtown Juneau taken from Mount Roberts area; slight aerial view with channel in background and Douglas mountains beyond. Bridge appears near center of photo. Bottom proper right corner is extremely blurred. Building with "B.M. BEHRENDS CO. INC." written across the side appears in lower half of photo near center. Printed in white along bottom edge: "Juneau Alaska Elite Studio." Handwritten below photo: "Notice wooded mountains."

E — Black and white view of tidal flats looking south down the channel. Old ANB Hall appears in lower proper right corner; AJ mill at center of proper right edge; foot of Mount Roberts beyond mill; mountains across south of channel just below center of photo; snow—capped Douglas mountains at proper left; long dock in lower proper left quadrant; and scattered houses and commercial buildings throughout lower half of photo. One large ship visible in water. Handwritten below photo: "Taken May 28 — 1939 — from our kitchen window at Fosbee Apt. The boat leaving Juneau is the S.S. Denalli. Notice snow on mountains around."
People:
Dryden, Floyd
McLear, Pat
Dryden, Nannie
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